Johnathan Dodson

Which of my strongest beliefs are formed on second-hand information vs. first-hand experience?

If I could not compare myself to anyone else, how would I define a good life?

Whose views do I criticize that I would actually agree with if I lived in their shoes?

Who do I envy that is actually less happy than I am?

Looking back, am I any good at... See more

When Shohei Ohtani was a high school freshman, he created a detailed "dream sheet" with one central goal: to be the #1 draft pick for 8 NPB (Nippon Professional Baseball) teams. It was a 64-cell roadmap based on a framework called the Harada Method. Here's exactly what Shohei did... See more

The most effective way I've found to use Claude to get better at writing:

Paste in a bunch of chapters or articles.

It can accept ~350 pages of input, so go crazy.

Ask it which chapter or article is the best and to explain why it's the best.

Keep asking follow up questions and build a list of all the reasons it's strong. Feel free to add your own.... See more

I also grieve the need we feel to explain our love or give it a name. To feel that it might be unacceptable in some circles. And of course, I know that it is. Especially for Black men

At the heart of agency lies a willingness to question defaults. To be agentic, you have to treat “how things are supposed to be done” as just one option among many.