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5 Hard-Won Lessons About Effective Collaboration
The collaborations that failed taught me everything the successful ones didn’t This year has been one of the most challenging and instructive of my…
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To my son
You are halfway through high school. You are trying to figure out who you are. I see you struggling to make connections and find…
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The Unfair Advantage I Almost Missed
What twenty years of scattered focus actually built A few weeks ago, I wrote about needing to steward what was already in my hands rather than…
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Stewarding What’s Already in My Hands
A 30-Day Journaling Reset For the past few years, my journaling practice has been consistent but increasingly scattered. Each morning, I’d open my notebook…
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Five Ways I’m Learning to Communicate Better
How my good intentions often create bad outcomes I’ve been doing a lot of reflecting lately on why my attempts to help often create…
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Why Smart People Keep Finding Themselves on the Outside
What I’m learning about being wired for depth in a world designed for maintenance I’ve spent the last few weeks in some of the…
Read More » The Rage Virus in Your Pocket
A Progress Report From My Self-inflicted Digital Detox Last month, I declared war on cheap dopamine. I had a fresh iPhone 17 Pro Max…
Read More » The Great Dopamine Heist: A Personal Reckoning
A tech reviewer’s 30-day experiment to break free from the cheap dopamine economy that’s hijacking our ability to achieve anything meaningful I’ve spent half…
Read More » When History Gets Edited in Front of Your Eyes
Breaking Free from Manufactured Fear to Live with Actual Integrity Last week, I watched my social media feed transform a story three different times…
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What Man Camp Taught Me About Real Community
Why we need to get away to get together A week ago, I hosted the fourth annual Man Camp, a gathering of dads and…
Read More » How to Disagree and Still Respect Each Other
Rediscovering the lost art of civil conversation I would like to write about being able to disagree with people and still respect them. These…
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Why I Started Running at 42 (And What It’s Doing to My Brain)
For most of my adult life, I had a well-rehearsed story: “I’m not built to run. My body doesn’t like it.” I had medical…
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