Before You Improve Your System Decide What Does Not Belong
Before you optimize your workflow, ask a better question: what shouldn’t be there at all? This episode explores why elimination is the real starting point.
Practice Is the Work
Practice is often treated as a step toward performance—but the truth is that practice is the work. In this PM Talks episode, Patrick Rhone and I explore how repetition, fundamentals, and devotion shape mastery.
The Hidden Cost of Digital Freedom
Digital freedom without structure creates chaos. Here’s how constraint restores clarity.
How to Flourish in a World Obsessed with Performance
In a culture obsessed with output and optimization, flourishing offers a different path—one rooted in meaning, community, and intentional pause. In this conversation with Daniel Coyle, we explore how to build depth in a performance-driven world.
On Eating Shoes and Keeping Your Word
In a strange act of integrity, Werner Herzog once ate his own shoe to keep a promise. The lesson isn’t about spectacle—it’s about discernment. There is honor in keeping your word. There is wisdom in guarding it.
Hail Hydra: The Inbox Zero Illusion
Inbox zero promises clarity, but often delivers distraction. Here’s why email can become a Hydra—and how to reclaim your attention.
Devotion Is Not the Same as Commitment
Devotion isn’t automatically wise. Held too tightly, it narrows attention. Held too loosely, attention drifts. The work lives in between.
When Gratitude Becomes Expressive
Gratitude doesn’t have to stay private. Expressive gratitude turns appreciation into connection—and lasting impact.