Hi there,

Hope everyone's weekend is off to a great start - we're on a little family adventure, so our opener will be brief. In today's I wrote about the prickly paradox of ambition and parenthood.

This is a controversial take, reply and lmk what you think!

Are ambitious parents bad parents?

My 7 year old wrote me a love letter yesterday.

Yikes.

It was 8 pm. Teeth were brushed. We had finished reading Judy Moody.

She was in one of her question asking modes.

“What’s the difference between a country and a continent?”

“Do continents have presidents?”

Meanwhile, I was on my phone.

Here’s the embarrassing part. My phone is the No Fun League.

There’s no email.

No social media.

Slack is buried in a folder way off the home screen without badges.

And all news sites are blocked. Using parental controls. (Yup, that feature to prevent you from viewing naughty websites.)

So WTF was I doing?

I was on Reddit conducting research. Specifically, “How do you repurpose blog content to boost SEO?”

I know, what a lame trade. Precious daddy-daughter time for Search Engine Optimization?

(For the uninitiated, that’s tinkering with web pages so they show up on the front page Google.)

Why, Khe? WHY?

I feel fine about our finances. The biz is in great shape. I’ve got plenty of time to surf, meditate and take care of myself. Heck, Lisa and I have had a weekly date night since 2019.

Then WHY on earth was I reading about SEO?!?!!?

It’s simple. I had tipped into Zone 3: Egoic ambition mode:

This got me wondering. Would I be a better parent if I worked less? (Yes.)

But would I be a better parent if I was less ambitious?

Here are this week's top reads:

// one

"F*ck you" money

7 minutes | Young Money
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I never liked this phrase (that's often repeated on Wall Street). But this is a colorful explanation of the diminishing returns of each additional dollar. The color comes in the form of Would you want Elon Musk's life? (heck no), John Cena's Taiwan apology and Warren Buffet's first marriage. This Taleb quote is the icing:

→ Read the post​

// two

Six things I learned in six years at GitHub

5 minutes | Sophie Shepherd
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“Hard choice, easy life. Easy choice, hard life.” What does that mean and how can we make hard, but important choices? This post has some valuable lessons about career growth, such as: Everything is open to change, recognize what is actually changeable, know what is essential, timing is everything, we don’t know what we don’t know, and run towards fear.

→ Read the post​

// three

My productivity app is a single .txt file

4 minutes | Jeff Huang

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What’s the best task manager? OmniFocus, Todoist or Notion? You might spend hours trying to find the perfect app to finally master your workflow. But alas, the system you use is far more important than which Shiny New App you pick. Heck, you could even do it in a simple txt file.

→ Read the article​

// four

Networking-starved professionals get ‘back on the gala train'

8 minutes | WSJ
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As Covid-19 cases fall, and after years of virtual meetings, networking-starved professionals are thrilled to be back to eating crappy meals and schmoozing at events they once dreaded. But the return to these events is, well, kinda weird — even the psychologists who study social development felt like they had some re-learning to do. Social anxiety aside, more than anything, so many of us are just happy to have real life conversations again, rubber chicken and all.

→ Read the article​

// five

The most common dream in every country

2 minutes | Daily Infographic
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All humans dream, but not all humans dream about the same things - our dreams vary distinctly between continents, and even between countries. Looking at Google search volumes, analysts found that there are basically 2 types of dreams. One involves teeth, the other snakes.
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→ View the infographic​

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• ​How to Overcome the Scarcity Mindset (YouTube, 60 mins): A powerful coaching session on why "not having enough time" is actually a clue into self-worth.

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Warmly,

Khe

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