Messages
9/23/2023
4 : 14
Friday Finds (Experts, Text, Sloganeers, Sivers, Andreessen)
Read in your browser here. Hi friends, Greetings from Silicon Valley! I'm out here for a How I Write interview with Marc Andreessen, the man who single-handedly ruined college for me, when I
9/20/2023
16 : 14
The Question That Haunts Me
Read in your browser here. Why do so many people spend their lives doing things they don't like doing? This question has haunted me for years. Growing up, it seemed obvious that work could serve
9/17/2023
12 : 24
You Were Made for More
Are you doing the work you were made for? If you don't like your answer, listen up.
9/17/2023
12 : 24
Friday Finds (You Were Made for More)
Read in your browser here. Hi friends, I just published a short film. It's the ultimate distillation of the mission behind my work. Where has modernity gone astray? What's the magic of the
9/9/2023
1 : 44
Friday Finds (Genius, Tennis, Physics, Music)
Read in your browser here. Hi friends, My British friends use the word 'cheeky' and I honestly didn't know what it meant until two months ago when I looked it up on Urban Dictionary. Well
9/4/2023
21 : 24
The Man at the Music Festival
Read in your browser here. Hey friends, There's a viral video of a man dancing at a music festival. At first, he looks foolish because he's dancing alone. Then a second guy joins him, and they
9/2/2023
2 : 14
Friday Finds (GPT, Space, Radio, Fiat)
Read in your browser here. Hi friends, I was initially reticent to using GPT for writing. Now, I use it every day — and I've compiled the lessons I've learned into a guide for you. One major
8/26/2023
1 : 34
Friday Finds (D-Wade, Clickbait, Family, Launch)
Read in your browser here. Hi friends! What a week it's been. My new podcast called How I Write launched on Wednesday, and I'm still feeling hungover from all the buzz around it. I'll be
8/23/2023
14 : 4
Monday Musings (Big, Big Day)
Read in your browser here. Hi friends, Big news to share: Today, I'm launching my new podcast called How I Write. I started working on it in September of 2021, and almost two years later, it's
8/19/2023
2 : 44
Friday Finds (Daft Punk, Materialism, Memory, Science)
Read in your browser here. Hi friends, It's been one of those weeks where I'm huffing and puffing my way into the weekend. Why so busy? I'm putting the final touches on an essay about GPT,
8/14/2023
10 : 55
Friday Finds (Spengler, Musk, Adams, Disney, McLuhan)
Read in your browser here. Hi friends, Big stuff coming for you: I just saw the first cut of a 12-minute film I'm working on; the next Write of Passage cohort starts in 7 weeks; I finished a draft
8/4/2023
15 : 34
Friday Finds (Travel, Texts, Messi, Machiavelli)
Read in your browser here. Hi friends, Hello from Northern Italy. I'm here on a writing retreat and working on an essay called "Why I Travel." I've long believed that travel is one of
7/28/2023
19 : 24
Friday Finds (Florence, Art, Twitter, Books, Writing)
Read in your browser here. Hi friends! I've spent the week in Florence studying the foundations of the Renaissance. By traveling with a theme, I center my focus and speed up my learning. GPT has
7/21/2023
21 : 34
Friday Finds (Books, GPT, Philosophy, History, Google)
Reading for volume is a fool's choice. Better to pick fewer books and give them more of your attention.
7/16/2023
13 : 24
Friday Finds (Focus, Travel, 7 Powers, Capitalism)
Don't just create To-Do lists. Create To-Don't lists too.
7/8/2023
1 : 34
Friday Finds (GPT, Inflation, Elites, Nassim Taleb)
Read in your browser here. Hi friends, ChatGPT has basically replaced Google for me. It's where I go whenever I have a question, and last night, I spent a few hours in conversation with it. One
7/1/2023
1 : 55
Friday Finds (Floods, Beatles, Startups, Culture, Sleep)
Read in your browser here. Hi friends, I attended a lecture at the University of Austin today, where I was struck by the professor's closing argument. The modern world is plagued by a perpetual
6/23/2023
22 : 34
Friday Finds (Prestige, Economics, Architecture, School)
Read in your browser here. Hi friends, A few months ago, I made the decision to move from a Operator CEO to Creator CEO at Write of Passage so I could focus more on writing. It took a few months to
6/20/2023
5 : 45
Friday Finds (School, Sports, Tim Ferriss, Bible)
The Stupid Test: Whenever you're trying to solve a problem, ask yourself: "What am I missing because it feels too stupid?"
6/12/2023
2 : 6
Friday Finds (Magic, Music, Text, Tocqueville, Brands)
Read in your browser here. Hi friends, I've been sharing short videos on Twitter and the one I published this week about surrendering to your nature is my most popular one yet. When I look around,