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Helpful questions for untangling fulfillment and money
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Continue reading →The difference between presence and splitness
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Continue reading →Why straight lines are slower than we think
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Continue reading →A macro analysis of Sacramento home price per square foot performance
Continue reading →The three things all successful products get right
Continue reading →A minimalist definition of intelligence
Continue reading →A macro analysis of major metro home price performance and affordability
Continue reading →A macro analysis of home price performance and affordability
Continue reading →Distinguishing between price and purchasing power
Continue reading →On having fun and being unbeatable
Continue reading →Some brief thoughts and resources for managing and investing capital
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Continue reading →A framework for max uncertainty
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Continue reading →On designing each facet of our lives with intention
Continue reading →On using cost-of-change to guide process design for a project
Continue reading →On creating space now for the things that bring us fulfillment
Continue reading →On finding the balance between input and output
Continue reading →On identifying and sequencing the actions that matter most
Continue reading →On using discontent to improve wellbeing
Continue reading →A career of sprints is an exhausting prospect
Continue reading →On choosing what to make from the materials we’ve been given
Continue reading →On seeing truth through the lens of time and evolution
Continue reading →On identifying our unique recipe for living that maximizes fulfillment
Continue reading →On the universe’s essential nature and its posture towards us
Continue reading →On understanding how we’re wired
Continue reading →On the relationship between rebellion and freedom
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Continue reading →On using action to figure out what to do next
Continue reading →On making things that make you feel free
Continue reading →On how to approach design problems
Continue reading →On reducing my reliance on list keeping to help put first things first
Continue reading →On expressing gratitude while embracing randomness
Continue reading →On figuring out what should belong and what shouldn’t
Continue reading →On discovering who we are by stripping away all that we aren’t
Continue reading →On why adding headcount doesn’t make up for poor management or process.
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Continue reading →The big things are made up of the small things
Continue reading →On judging philosophy by the quality of life it creates
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Continue reading →On moving from the fringe to the middle
Continue reading →On the relationship between circumstance and choice of response
Continue reading →On the importance of consistently showing up
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Continue reading →On using a process of elimination to find your passion
Continue reading →On living more fully here and now
Continue reading →On leveraging our circumstances for growth
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Continue reading →On reconnecting with the fun that drew you into creative work
Continue reading →On the unique and personal nature of fulfillment
Continue reading →On the costs and difficulty of achieving upward mobility
Continue reading →On emergent phenomena and why it’s the engine of the universe
Continue reading →On the spectral nature of fate and fullness
Continue reading →On the difference between perfectionism, craftsmanship, and laziness
Continue reading →On the ebbs and flows of making things
Continue reading →On using degrees of certainty to make product decisions
Continue reading →On the fluid nature of our beings
Continue reading →On achieving better performance with less effort
Continue reading →On patient accumulation, asymmetric bets, and winning Monopoly
Continue reading →On why societies fail when they leave too many people behind
Continue reading →On allowing time to weather your work
Continue reading →On assembling a mosaic of methods for defining the many layers of reality
Continue reading →On our need to merge science and mysticism
Continue reading →On why the action is here, and always will be
Continue reading →On having the courage to build less
Continue reading →On being a more valuable contributor to conversations
Continue reading →On how to use fidelity as a communication tool
Continue reading →On the power of simple-yet-tough decisions repeated consistently over time
Continue reading →On identifying what we can control and releasing ourselves from the rest
Continue reading →On how to hold your creative work more loosely
Continue reading →On the relationship between population density, regulations, and taxes.
Continue reading →On seeking health, fulfillment, and joy daily
Continue reading →On just how fleeting our time together in this life really is
Continue reading →On the importance of considering the people behind the things we buy
Continue reading →On the costs of relocating your home base
Continue reading →A brief overview of the relationship between Aperture, Shutter Speed, and ISO
Continue reading →On what we seek when we travel
Continue reading →On the fleetingness of life and the benefits of not believing in an afterlife
Continue reading →On the importance of making things in community
Continue reading →A lesson about reconnecting with the now
Continue reading →A story about the art of anything
Continue reading →A mediation on making room for ideas and bringing them to life
Continue reading →A mental model for generating change
Continue reading →A perfectionist’s guide to writing (and sharing) more easily
Continue reading →This week we’d like to introduce you to David Gerber. David is a life and leadership coach who works with individuals, teams, and organizations to help them reach their full potential
Continue reading →This week we’d like to introduce you to Kevin Knox. Kevin serves as the chaplain to the California Golden Bears and is the pastor of Mosaic Bay Church in Berkeley, California
Continue reading →This week we’d like to introduce you to Paul Di Giordano. Paul is the founder of Lounge of Life, a Sacramento, California-based alternative night life experience that gives people a safe place to socialize without feeling the pressures of excessive drinking, drugs, and promiscuity
Continue reading →On finding the courage to live the life we were created for
Continue reading →This week we’d like to introduce you to Dr. Jeff Cook. Jeff is a former church planter, pastor, professor, and now the Fellows Academic Director of CrossPurpose, a Denver, Colorado-based organization working to abolish economic, spiritual, and relational poverty through the power of redemptive relationships
Continue reading →This week we’d like to introduce you to Blake Smith. Blake is the Co-Founder and CEO of Cladwell, a Cincinnati, Ohio-based startup who is blending software and fashion to help people create simple, minimal, personalized “capsule” wardrobes
Continue reading →This week we’d like to introduce you to James Delarato. James is the Planting Pastor of Citizens San Francisco, an emerging community based in San Francisco’s Haight district
Continue reading →This week we’d like to introduce you to Brian Moll. Brian is a former pastor and church planter and now the Executive Director, Bay Area of Defy Ventures, an entrepreneurship, employment, and leadership training program that serves people with criminal histories in San Francisco, Chicago, and New York
Continue reading →This week we’d like to introduce you to Kyle Brooks. Kyle is the founding pastor of Oakland Startup Church, an emerging community located in the heart of Oakland, CA
Continue reading →Making sense of the growing homeless population and it’s relationship to the amount of support that’s available to them
Continue reading →This week we’d like to introduce you to Jeremiah Aja. Jeremiah is the President of Forge Sacramento, an organization devoted to training men and women to live as missionaries in their neighborhoods, and Tell It Well, Inc., a Sacramento based marketing and branding agency
Continue reading →This week we’d like to introduce you to Ruthie Kim. Ruthie is the founder and Director of Because Justice Matters, a San Francisco based organization reaching women who experience exploitation and isolation
Continue reading →Processing the pain and promise of progress in the epicenter of disruption, San Francisco
Continue reading →This week we’d like to introduce you to Travis Clark. Travis and his wife Jena are the founding pastors of Canvas, a young, thriving, and inspiring community based in San Francisco.
Continue reading →This week we’d like to introduce you to Craig Kelley. Craig is the founding pastor of Gold Country Church, a thriving and inspiring community based in Auburn, CA.
Continue reading →On the primal elements that unlock our innate desire to be generous
Continue reading →On the importance of seeking to resolve seemingly contradictory truths
Continue reading →On the myth of overnight success
Continue reading →On the importance of seeking out new perspectives and experiences
Continue reading →On learning to experiment and embrace failure as integral ingredients to success
Continue reading →On the power of decoupling our time from our income
Continue reading →On the importance of creating for yourself and no one else
Continue reading →On why we can’t be free until we know why we want to be free
Continue reading →On why creativity ultimately has nothing to do with what we make and everything to do with what living a life of courage makes of us
Continue reading →On the danger of talking away our creative energy
Continue reading →What Tiger Woods can teach us about achieving goals
Continue reading →On creation feeling more like surrender than accomplishment
Continue reading →An exercise in breaking through my inability to embrace my desire to create
Continue reading →On using constraints to unlock hyper-creativity
Continue reading →On learning to embrace and seek discomfort
Continue reading →On worrying less
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