Personal Strategic Positioning: Don’t Be Dull
Stop trying to be everything to everyone. Learn why defining your DON'Ts creates sharper positioning than listing your DOs.
“What Do You Do?” Is a Fabulous Question
Anyone who has a problem with asking or being asked "What do you do?" is contributing to a bigger problem.
Forget Master Plans, Follow Stepping Stones
Extraordinary lives aren't built on perfect plans but by hopping into uncertainty one intentional stepping stone at a time.
The 16-Word Focus Line that Stopped My Scattered Effort
How I distilled my story into a single anti-entropy sentence, my "Focus Line."
Forget Infinite Potential, Find Your Inner Species
Harness the part of you that cannot change - its strengths, needs, traits, and instincts - to unleash your true potential.
Slingshot Yourself Through Life, One Quarter at a Time
Using focused intention, like pulling back a slingshot, to shoot yourself along with less effort, more effectiveness.
Brainwash Yourself Into Living a Better Story
Your life story will likely be unfulfilling unless you consciously craft an inspiring and exciting one with some proactive self-brainwashing.
Try This to Get Advice from Your 95-Year-Old Future Self
The exercise I created that helped me get my future self's fresh, actionable advice for overcoming my biggest challenge.
Why Just Being True to Your Values Isn’t Enough
"Values" have been reduced to a buzzword, but value alignment is too important, and too complex, to leave to gut instinct.
When Lost, Ask Your 95-Year-Old Self
Unsure what to do with your life? Start by understanding your 95-year-old self's definition of extraordinary, then building systematically.
What Goals to Focus On: A Strategic Approach
How to understand your cravings and choose goals that leave you feeling energized, fulfilled, and hungry for more.
The Space Cadet’s Guide to an Extraordinary Life
How approaching life like an astronaut with a crappy co-pilot can help you blast off and systematically explore a truly extraordinary life.