“Psychotherapy is a tool for correcting our self-ignorance in a most profound way.”
How Psychotherapy Works
How to Build a Network from Scratch
“In moving to a new city, you get to decide what version of yourself you want to be as you embark on a new chapter of your personal journey. My chapter’s mantra was one very short word: ‘Yes.’”
The 100 Best Youtube Videos of All Time
“At the end of the day, what makes a YouTube video great? Like most treasures online, you know it when you see it.”
Sometimes You Have to Quit to Get Ahead
“For every moment you double down on something that’s not working out, you are forgoing other potentially valuable opportunities.”
America Isn’t as Politically Polarized as It Seems
“Do most people legitimately disagree with one another? Or are they merely conforming to supposedly dominant ideas? Though there are legitimate disagreements, we contend that modern American political tribalism has been artificially inflated by group-based conformity. That is, the moderate majority’s submission to the demands of dedicated partisans has created a mirage of polarization.”
How Blogs Broke the Web
“Once you’ve had a taste of effortless updates, it’s awfully hard to back to manual everything. So they didn’t. And neither did thousands of their peers. It just simply wasn’t worth it. The inertia was too strong. The old web, the cool web, the weird web, the hand-organized web… died.”
10 Ideas For The Interested This Week
“Often when you think you’re at the end of something, you’re at the beginning of something else.” — Fred Rogers
18 Ideas About How To Create A Hit From The Book “Hit Makers”
Hits are never guaranteed.
However, there are a TON of things you can learn about how hits happen that will drastically improve your odds.
How to Turn Your Quirky Expertise into a Revenue-Generating Product
“When things change rapidly, the concept of expertise gets disrupted itself. Degrees or published manuscripts will not be the secret sauce that helps you better understand a nascent industry…the opportunity to seize the mantle of ‘expert’ is available to all.”
How to Identify and Tell Your Most Powerful Stories
“Telling a personal story from a place of conviction is the most powerful communication device you have. That’s what the greatest and most beloved communicators do.”