Notes on Work and Life
Colin BlackLive well. Do meaningful work.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 23 | Founded | a year ago | Last Issue | 11 days ago |
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If You Win the Rat Race, You’re Still a Rat
If you’re new here, welcome. I promise it won’t always be this long. Or this angsty.
Most of the time.
Edinburgh. Photo Credit: Colin Black
Welcome to the Rat Race
The sun was going down.
We’d just had 12 hrs. of meetings...
Don't Quit
Grow Your Business | Build Your Career | Develop Character | Find Meaning
In this essay (7 min. read):
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What running a race in the desert can teach you about endurance
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How the British special forces weed out recruits
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W...
Stay Clueless
In this essay (8 min read):
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Why being clueless (to a point) might be your secret weapon
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What the zombie apocalypse can teach you about information overload
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Why successful entrepreneurs think like beginners
One of m...
You Need to Return to the Scene of the Crime
Brew Ha Ha, Wilmington, DE. Photo Credit: Colin Black
One of my favorite places in the world is a coffee shop where I got dumped.
It’s in Wilmington, Delaware, where I lived for 5 years.
It’s a semi-forgotten town, famous for banks, ship...
The Year I Skipped Saturday
The University of Notre Dame. MBA Orientation. Photo Credit: Colin Black
Back in 2017, I skipped Saturday.
Not one Saturday. Almost all of them.
I was winding down my time managing an online high school program, and I was trying to get i...
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Live well. Do meaningful work. To help you on your journey, I’m sharing personal stories, business insights, lessons from history, and pop culture references. History major + Notre Dame MBA. 14 years in education and banking.
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