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Writing since 2010, I explore and share ideas around personal growth, creativity, design, branding, business, strategy and technology.
Why I don’t consume a ton of self-help content anymore
Sure books can guide you, but your heart defines you - Jay Z (Beach Chair) So for the past few months, my reading rate plummeted drastically. I went from reading multiple books and consuming self-help content on an almost constant basis, to not wanting to see another...
Navigating identity in times of transition
In the Marvel cinematic universe, Thor's journey is one of an identity that is systematically stripped back, broken and reforged through tragedy, through times of transition. Over the course of 7 movies in the Infinity Saga, he goes from an arrogant prince eager to...
5 life lessons playing video games taught me
For the past decade I took great pride in my status as a non-gamer. Untouched by the digital fever, I would sneer at my friends as they spend hours lost in a game like Skyrim while real life happened around them.I didn't understand why you would spend so much time...
Crossing the threshold
Or what Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse taught me about growing up. I work remotely 99% of the time and I have a home office dedicated for that purpose, but sometimes, nothing beats working off the couch while videos play on the TV in background. I love watching...
How to make everything in your life good
Or how to change the past, the present and the future One of the most important lessons that stuck with me from my time many years back as a design student in architecture school was something I like to term 'the art of the reframe'. Whenever we were given an...
The importance of laying fallow
Or the art of doing nothing For the past few weeks, I've been laying fallow. Just sitting back and doing nothing. Okay, not completely nothing. I still went about my business, consulting and designing for clients, but about a month, I have not blogged. I eased up from...
Do your best, whatever that is
There's a wonderful short book, 'The Four Agreements' by Don Miguel Ruiz that outlays a very congruent way of living within its pages. In it, he puts forward 4 key habits or ways of being that allow us to live happier and fuller lives. There is the first - Be...
Replace fear with curiosity
So, a couple of weeks ago, I was thinking about fear. I was triggered by the sort of conversation that forces you to confront things you'd rather not think about. And I started to mull over the feelings that rise up every time I take a step forward, every time I try...
Nothing is real, and that is okay
Across many of Robert Greene's books, there a reoccurring theme - to be effective in life, you have to learn to see the world as it is, not as you wish it to be. Obviously this is easier said than done. It takes practice to develop and master this skill. We are...
Digging deeper into The 10X Rule
In the previous post, I talked about why it is a great idea to read certain books over and over again. Especially the books that profoundly impact your thinking and views on the world...your quake books. I even shared 10 such books that have changed my life to my...
