In Western culture, we're taught that we can have it all if we just put our minds to it and try our hardest. We're also taught that if we fall short, we're failures. Nonsense. We are finite human beings with finite skills and abilities....
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Your Attention is a Valuable Asset
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Hi Friends,
I was thinking about what to write to you when the world order has tilted so suddenly and dramatically. As I noticed myself leaning toward old bad habits of doomscrolling, I decided this would be a good time to talk about...
A Manifesto for Full-On Living
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Hello, you.
This is your invitation to live life full-on.
It's messy, but so good.
Living life fully means expanding your emotional range—if you want the peak experiences, you’ve got to learn to hang in through the valleys....
Becoming the person that...
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In our output-obsessed culture, we measure by the end result: the book, the title, the money, the attainment.
The bigger task, the daunting task, the deeply spiritual task, is becoming the person that does the thing.
The becoming is...
For the recovering high-achievers...
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This is for the recovering high-achievers and the good kids who have tried so hard. This is for the black sheep, secret dilettantes, meanderers, and closet creatives. This is for people facing their third act of life: you’ve climbed the...
Grit and Devotion
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Forging the path to your purpose requires you to leave the paved road of comfort, culture, and the way everybody else is doing it. You will have to invent something that’s never been done before, something that’s uniquely you. Whether...
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