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One of your jobs as a parent is to educate your child.

It took me a long time to understand how I work best.

Wake up and put on some music.

"Greed, for lack of a better word, is good.

I'm big on routines.

Why it is better to pick goals optimized for the actual work versus the outcome we think we want.

"$175 for two cubic meters, delivered" (that's roughly 0.55 cord) Me: Ask him if he would agree to 160 "Would you agree to $160?"

Last night, I experienced something I wish for all of you.

When I was younger, I had one clear goal.

After publishing my (very popular) article The best way to get unstuck, I began thinking about the conditions that create stuckness.

"Dost thou love life?

I'm an independent consultant and a digital artisan.

The following is a republish of an old article from 2016.

The perceived value of your product is about to take a nosedive.

Here are 40 life lessons I learned during my first 40 years on this earth.

I started dabbling in entrepreneurship over 20 years ago and have experienced the feeling of stuckness more than I can recall.

⚠ This article contains references to retired projects.

There I was, sitting on the floor of my living room, watching a video of this super intelligent and prolific guy frustrated.

Do you feel like you're always in a rush?

I used to be confrontational.

Anticipation is a double-edged sword.

This might sound a bit off-topic, but hear me out.

This week, I released a new app: a prayer engine.

Driving is boring.

There is a secret that parents know but only discuss with other parents.

We are often caught up in thinking of progress as a static event.

I drive a German car.

Inventing a product from nothing is hard.

These days, I avoid telling people that I'm an entrepreneur.

For the past few months, I've been back to focusing on making products.

Last weekend, my family and I decided to take a drastic rest day.

A lion was born in a zoo.

Being in the present means leaving worries behind.

Over the past few years, a few books have highlighted the importance of feedback.

A topic I've seen discussed a few times over the past few weeks is: Should I build a business by myself or try to find cofounders?

Openai's CEO Sam Altman wrote: “give yourself a lot of shots to get lucky” is even better advice than it appears on the surface.

It is possible to work for an extended period with maximum effort.

I recently wrote about 2 False ideas preventing rest.

⚠ This article is about a retired project My first iOS app hit the Apple App Store this week.

As summer is coming to an end here, I'm reflecting on rest.

I stumbled upon this extract from Schwarzenegger's memoir a few weeks ago.

I've seen a YouTube short by Alex Hormozi, where he mentioned something he calls the rule of 100. 100 minutes of content creation per day, 100 reach-outs per day, or a $100 ad spend per day.

We don't have unlimited time.

"What project management software do you use?"

"We asked it the best recipe to bake a prinsesstårta*" I was baffled.

The world has crossed the AI Rubicon.

There's a famous Gallup survey on employee engagement.

This is my take on a question asked on a leadership Q&A page.

Over the past few years, I've seen the name Eisenhower next to the word "matrix" more often than his first name "Dwight."

This is my take on a question asked on a leadership Q&A page.