Synthesizing science, philosophy, and observations from my practice to serve the unmet needs of ambitious builders.
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“High agency” has been getting a lot of flack lately.
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All for Alice
As a little Mother’s Day gift to myself and my fellow builder-moms, I’m digging up the first blog post I ever published (on my now-defunct WordPress blog). Originally posted in 2020, it marked the birth of my first child and (non-coincident...
Sift, don't swallow
Because building ambitious things is hard, ambitious builders naturally gravitate toward anything that makes it seem easier.
One way this manifests, especially in Silicon Valley, is in the cult-like attraction to the latest therapy and sel...
The first principle behind "first principles"
Image generated by ChatGPT; prompt: “Newton grasping at the falling apple and the moving of the tides and of the moon all at once, and somehow seeing the common truth or pattern across them”
In my “Fantastic Builder” spotlight of John Gill...
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Licensed psychologist, founder coach, author of forthcoming Penguin book on the psychology of ambition, UT Austin faculty. Wife and mother.
Realist still life painter sharing reflections on process, technique, and the experience of looking. Writing from the studio a couple of times a month.
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