Not For You

If you constantly shave off every rough edge of your work that might turn someone away, the result will be so bland, no one will care about it.

Conducting

There’s no shortcut to being healthy, fit, calm, and content.

Commitment

If it takes 45 minutes to roast potatoes at 400° fahrenheit, when will they be done if you cook them at room temperature?

People Like Us

So much of our world is shaped by our powerful drive to organize into groups and align our behaviors with one another.

Selling Pickaxes

Online mattress retailer Casper announced this week that it's being acquired by a private equity firm.

Compounding

A genie appears and offers you a million dollars now, or a sum of money every day for a month, starting with one penny today and doubling the amount you receive every day.

Keep the Channel Open

Theseus' paradox poses a simple thought experiment: If you systematically replace every single part of a ship over an extended period of time, is it still the same ship?

Going Far, Together

An old proverb I love: "If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together."

Sneakernet

The quickest way to transport a petabyte of data (that's 1,000 terabytes) from Boston to LA isn't to upload it to Dropbox and email someone a download link.

Saturated Markets

If you ever feel like something isn't worth doing because it's already been done, look no further than Houston, Texas, where you will find a Starbucks across from another Starbucks.