Hi friend,

I hope it’s been a great start to the weekend.

I had a rad time hanging with our crew out in Austin and giving a talk about the Post-Achievement life. Here's a pic:

Switching gears, there’s a powerful phrase that guides many of my life decisions: memento mori. Remember that you will die.

The practice of acknowledging our mortality can drive a more purposeful, fulfilling and connected life.

Enter Death Archetypes. Created by my friend and RadReader Maura McInerney-Rowley, it’s a personality test centered around the question: Who are you in the face of life’s impermanence?

🎧 In this week's podcast, we ask: What is unconventional parenting?​

The hidden cost of workaholism

"Everyone knows that if a child's parents dies, the child will suffer with sadness and loss.

No one thinks about this being the case when a child loses a parent to success."

These two sentences hit like a ton of bricks.

Success is usually paired with accolades, promotions and a financially "good life."

Things that are all gained.

But what is lost in the process? What do kids lose?

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Here are this week's top reads:

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End the phone-based childhood now

23 minutes | The Atlantic
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iPhones propped up in strollers. iPads in restaurants. Entire Bluey episodes memorized. No doubt technology has made parenting easier. But at what cost? Turns out the damage is wide-ranging, and the solutions ain’t easy.

→ Read the article​

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Feeling stuck? 5 ways to jumpstart your goals in life

1 minute | The New York Times
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Long-term goals are important. They guide our day-to-day and help us make great strides. But they don’t have clear end points, so it’s easy to feel stuck. Simple actions like reframing negativity and future-casting can help you get un-stuck.

→ Read the article​

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20 lessons from 20 years of managing money

4 minutes | A Wealth of Common Sense
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20 years in any industry is a long time. But in finance, it’s a lifetime. The lessons from Ben, one of the OGs of finance blogging, are hard-earned. My favorite takeaways include: there’s only one question that matters, the risk of overthinking and optimism as default.

→ Read the post​

Below the Fold
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LAST WEEK'S MOST READ

• ​How to find aliveness (in Excel) (Radreads, 615 clicks)
• ​These professionals aren’t retired, they just have zero to prove (Wall Street Journal, 286 clicks)

And finally, is he really gonna make that next train?​

With gratitude,

Khe

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