Messages
4/22/2022
23 : 24
Friday Finds (Houellebecq, Magic, Sperm, Songwriting)
Read in your browser here. Hi friends, Greetings from Denver! I just finished two days of planning with the Write of Passage team, and I'm continually amazed by how much more generative you can be
4/18/2022
21 : 4
Monday Musings (The Book You Need to Read)
Read in your browser here. Hi friends, Greetings from Austin! I'm back in that sweet, sweet flow of writing every day, and it's glorious. Because of that, I'm feeling a little
4/12/2022
0 : 34
Monday Musings (Dollar Bills, Entrepreneurship, Speed, Golf)
Read in your browser here. Hi friends, Greetings from Austin! I've basically spent the entire year so far launching and running a Write of Passage cohort, and for the first time in a while, I
4/8/2022
21 : 44
Friday Finds (Numbers, Tiger Woods, Augusta National)
Read in your browser here. Hi friends, Greetings from Florida! Write of Passage wrapped up this week, and I've never been so excited about the business. The end of Write of Passage also means that
4/4/2022
23 : 4
Monday Musings (The Wisdom of Taste)
Read in your browser here. Hi friends, Greetings from Austin! Man, life is moving fast right now. We're wrapping up the 8th Write of Passage cohort on Wednesday, and in the past week, we've
4/1/2022
22 : 14
Friday Finds (Singapore, Philosophy, Horses, Diet, Family)
Read in your browser here. Hi friends, Greetings from Denver! We'll be releasing the introductory lecture about René Girard sometime in mid-April, and as a subscriber to this newsletter, you'll
3/28/2022
20 : 14
Monday Musings (Maslow, Religion, Nietzche, Blurry Images)
Read in your browser here. Hi friends, Greetings from Austin! The draft of the Porter Robinson documentary I've been working on for the past year is finally complete. To put the finishing touches
3/25/2022
23 : 14
Friday Finds (Commitment, Christianity, Parliament, Human Rights)
Read in your browser here. Hi friends, Greetings from Austin! I hosted a team retreat this week and was so exhausted this morning that I pulled a teenage boy move and slept in until 11 am. The good
3/21/2022
19 : 54
Monday Musings (Status, Discipline, Community, Bars, Politics)
Read in your browser here. Hi friends, Greetings from Austin! I'm hosting a team retreat in town and have no new updates to share, so let's jump right into it. Here's what I want to share
3/18/2022
20 : 24
Friday Finds (Girard, Architecture, Malcolm X, MKBHD, Marriage)
Read in your browser here. Hi friends, Greetings from Austin! First, some fun news: I passed 300000 followers on Twitter this morning, which is absolutely bonkers. Second, an announcement: I've
3/14/2022
22 : 54
Monday Musings (Notes, Batman, Apple, Bible)
Read in your browser here. Hi friends, Greetings from Austin! In my Annual Review at the beginning of the year, I solidified my plan to make studying the Bible my top learning priority for 2022. To
3/11/2022
18 : 4
Friday Finds (Mr. Beast, America, Bezos, Oil)
Read in your browser here. Hi friends, Greetings from Austin! If you're tired of corporate life and want to cannonball into the creator economy, I'm hiring a Production Operations Lead. Think
3/8/2022
1 : 44
Monday Musings (Logic, Biographies, Art, Clear Writing)
Read in your browser here. Hi friends, Greetings from Austin! First, a hiring update: I'm looking for a Production Operations Lead to help with all my creative projects — from writing this
3/5/2022
0 : 14
Friday Finds (Palantir, Amazon, Hayek, Philosophy, Liberalism)
Read in your browser here. Hi friends, Greetings from Austin! Write of Passage kicked off this week. To my utter amazement, we have more than 300 students and a course staff of 33 people to help them.
2/28/2022
22 : 14
Monday Musings (Sushi, Taste, Compliments, Van Gogh)
Read in your browser here. Hi friends, Greetings from Austin! Chances are, your eyes have been glued to the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Though I've been following it closely, I have nothing
2/26/2022
1 : 14
Friday Finds (School, Sleep, Feynman, Homes, Design)
Read in your browser here. Hi friends, Here's what I want to share this week: Business Writing Podcast: The founder of Levels interviewed me about written communications in the corporate world. He
2/21/2022
19 : 14
Monday Musings (LBJ, Psychology, Shuhari, Authority, Science)
Read in your browser here. Hi friends, Greetings from Miami! I just published an essay called Imitate, then Innovate. It outlines a framework for all creative work — from starting a company, to making
2/18/2022
22 : 34
Friday Finds (Gin, Imitation, Scruton, Internet, Science)
Read in your browser here. Hi friends, Greetings from Austin! This week, I published a new essay called Imitate, then Innovate, which has been months in the making. The premise is simple but
2/14/2022
21 : 14
Monday Musings (Books, Thiel, Fear, Prisons, Austin)
Read in your browser here. Hi friends, Greetings from Austin! Since publishing my Annual Review, I've felt like I'm at a threshold in my business. I've spent the past three years building
2/11/2022
23 : 54
Friday Finds (Music, Whiplash, Movies, Bible, Books)
Read in your browser here. Hi friends, Greetings from Austin! We're in the heat of our Write of Passage launch and next week, we're trying something new. I'll be hosting a workshop called