Jul 17, 2026
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6 min read
Building a life you don’t need willpower to sustain
Jul 10, 2026
5 min read
This is for anyone who has mistaken slowness for failure
Jul 3, 2026
7 min read
Before the marble statue, there was fear, failure, melancholy, and the slow formation of a life with purpose.
Jun 26, 2026
A meaningful life is not built by saying yes to every good thing.
Jun 19, 2026
A job description is not a life
Jun 12, 2026
Ambition can build the kingdom. Ego can turn it into a shrine
Jun 5, 2026
4 min read
No slides, no charts, and no theatre. Just six minutes and a vision worth defending
May 29, 2026
Why some work tires us and leaves us proud, while other work empties us out.
May 22, 2026
The Wizard of Oz, and finding your way through the fog.
May 20, 2026
1 min read
I’m running an intimate workshop on finding meaning in work
May 15, 2026
Game theory, trenches, and the logic of cooperation
May 8, 2026
Hunter S. Thompson’s strange, funny, and wise letter on how to live
May 1, 2026
Why happiness is the wrong metric, and why a meaningful life needs the right kind of tension.
Apr 24, 2026
The line between grit and self-deception
Apr 17, 2026
The case against “follow your passion” and the case against playing it safe
Apr 10, 2026
10 min read
How freedom survives growth
Apr 8, 2026
3 min read
Apr 3, 2026
Three essays from the archive for the long weekend
Mar 27, 2026
As companies scale, the deeper risk is not bureaucracy. It is people losing sight of the whole and retreating into silos.
Mar 23, 2026
2 min read
Mar 20, 2026
11 min read
Beneath the productivity talk sits a more human question: where does the meaning go when the craft changes?
Mar 13, 2026
9 min read
When output is cheap, judgement and meaning become the curriculum
Mar 6, 2026
A hospital custodian, a grieving father, and the kind of judgment no rulebook can teach
Mar 4, 2026
Feb 27, 2026
When Principle Speaks Louder Than Fear
