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Some outcomes in life are of outsized importance — they’re turning points that determine much of what follows, like landing your first big contract with a high- value client or convincing a talented person to join your company.
When you’...
Do you know your default shape?
- There’s something odd about human behavior. It’s not quite literally true, but it’s close enough to be astonishing: How people respond to anything is how they respond to everything. People have a default perceptual lens that gets applied...
Agency is for sociopaths
I’ve never understood bodybuilders. They combine the worst aspects of preening cartoon femininity with the chest-beating of macho culture. I’d hate to be mistaken for someone like that. That’s why I’ve chosen to remain physically weak. In f...
Until you get punched in the face
Ronda Rousey’s MMA fight this weekend — her first in nearly 10 years, since she retired in ignominy after two embarrassing defeats in a row — has me thinking about the perils of taking success too seriously.
I’ve never had the shit kicked...
Writing a book is a labor of love
Shortly before Sasha and I signed our book contract with Harper, I had a crisis of confidence about the project. So I went around asking people who’d written books before: Should we write one? Should we work with a major publisher? Does any...
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