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Chamath on the importance of slow compounding : “The faster you build it, that is the half life: it will get destroyed in the same amount of time.”

Her class was also less about consumption and more about conversation. Before arriving, we were responsible for reading 10 pages and writing a 750-wor

“Clarity isn’t about knowing what you want to do with your life, it’s about knowing what you want to do this week. You don’t need to have it all fi

“Attention isn’t free. It’s the most valuable thing you spend.”

“The way you speak to yourself, the way you walk, the way you carry your shoulders matters. I got a fabulous opportunity to interview one of Spain’s m

McKinney is right: You could just go out and find it, but really, you had to. As is true in so many life lessons, the work is the point. And the inter

What you do on your bad days matters more than what you do on your good days. Anyone can nourish their most important relationships when life is smoot

I've spent the majority of my adult life feeling like I never get enough done. The inability to cross everything off of my to-do list seemed like some

It’s a reminder that for everything outside of our control, we retain—at the core of our being—an incredible power: The power to choose what we do wit

It’s a reminder that for everything outside of our control, we retain—at the core of our being—an incredible power: The power to choose what we do wit

What’s more, a single solution is a complex, multi-faceted beast. It may address multiple problems at once, but in varying degrees of success. For exa

Remember, a solution that works in one scenario may or may not work in another, depending on the problem statement and how your initial research findi

Through sheer grind. He was telling me about how he does design reviews at night when he is vacationing. Why? Because a startup can’t stop shipping th

Once you realize that money is a resource you own – and not the other way around – you will see money for what it really is: a tool that amplifies the

Oftentimes people get the advice that you have to rely on discipline. ... one of the things that I find is that discipline requires a lot of push, rig

Oftentimes people get the advice that you have to rely on discipline. ... one of the things that I find is that discipline requires a lot of push, rig

Time is the friend of the consistent and the enemy of the inconsistent.

Hugging the X-Axis - David Perell

Her class was also less about consumption and more about conversation. Before arriving, we were responsible for reading 10 pages and writing a 750-wor

During coffee breaks, he avoids conversation because he doesn’t like living life at “1x speed.” With a sped-up voice in his ear instead, he looks out

Also, a well is an apt metaphor, because wells aren’t the value, they’re the container for the value. All the internet’s deepest wells sell their wate

There are two ways to grow: by adding or by shedding. Do you need to add something or do you need to shed something

Kaskie: We are not trying to be everything to everybody. We’re trying to be something to someone.

Whichever route you take, expect a struggle. Finding work you love is very difficult. Most people fail. Even if you succeed, it’s rare to be free to w

McKinney is right: You could just go out and find it, but really, you had to. As is true in so many life lessons, the work is the point. And the inter

Performance is something that we will give more time; behavior we won’t. And that’s because behavior is a choice, not a skill set

It’s more advantageous to structure decisions to be easily reversible than to take too much time trying to make the perfect choice

The paradigm of acceleration fails to grasp the deeper human tension between action and contemplation. It’s a false binary, one that Benedict XVI (the

I didn’t feel comfortable inside the endlessness of it. I am the kind of writer who believes in taking the time I need to come up with something worth

“Life is always winking at us, calling our attention to the beauty hidden in plain sight. Why do we so often miss what’s right in front of us, lost in

The writer Ted Chiang was once asked in an interview if he ever considered publishing more frequently. Chiang, one of the greatest living fiction writ

What You'll Wish You'd Known

Good writing is meditative writing. It’s a polished and cohesive train of thought, devoid of superfluous babble. If intrusive thoughts make their way

the design field (digital or otherwise) has struggled for decades to achieve an invisible, and dare I say, imaginary seat at the table. In our efforts