Superorganizers

How smart people organize what they know.

Dec 12, 2023

How David Perell Writes an Essay

Harnessing the power of surprise to create writing that spreads

Oct 25, 2023

How to Make Yourself Into a Learning Machine

Shopify’s director of production engineering explains how reading broadly helps him get to the bottom of things

Oct 16, 2023

Following the ‘White-hot Fire Inside of You’

For this artist, a sense of purpose is infinitely more powerful than any amount of inspiration

Sep 1, 2023

How I Bought a Business for $0

Negotiate on either price or terms—not both

Dec 9, 2022

How to Improve Your Creative Thinking

The science of creativity—and how to unlock it

Nov 18, 2022

The End of Effective Altruism?

Success has many philosophical bedfellows; frauds have none

Oct 28, 2022

The Art and Science of Interoception

How to become an intrepid explorer of your inner landscape

Sep 24, 2022

Fear, Courage, and Willingness

How to walk the path to fearlessness

Sep 9, 2022

Creative Extravagance

Throw some stuff against the wall and see what sticks

Sep 2, 2022

When Productivity Tools Make the Problem Worse

You’re using your todo list for something deeper than tasks

Aug 20, 2022

Why You Keep Doing Productivity Systems That Don’t Work

And how to do something new

Aug 6, 2022

The Unreasonable Effectiveness of 1-1 Learning

How to learn anything 98% better than average

Jul 26, 2022

You Grow from Your Edges

A review of Standing at the Edge

Jul 1, 2022

Changing the world to change yourself

My subconscious pursuit of love and respect

Jun 24, 2022

The best book I read this year

Seeing that Frees by Rob Burbea

Jun 18, 2022

How to write a bestselling book with a friend (even when it’s hard)

And you both have full-time jobs

Jun 11, 2022

The Complete Guide to Peer Coaching

Some of the most impactful therapy sessions of my life haven’t come from a therapy session

May 28, 2022

Perfectionism: Why and How to Beat It

A Guide to Doing Great Work without Fixating on Flawlessness

May 14, 2022

The Neuroscience of Achieving Your Goals

We turned a Huberman Lab Podcast Episode into an essay

Apr 20, 2022

How I Tamed Panic

A Comprehensive Guide to an Unfortunate Experience

Apr 6, 2022

Against Ikigai

And How to Move Toward a Diversified Portfolio of Meaning

Mar 29, 2022

Pile Avoidance

If you look closely at anything that you try to keep clean—like an email inbox, a product backlog, or a dishwasher—you’ll notice that they t

Mar 23, 2022

The Feedback Decision Tree

How to Give Feedback to Your Colleagues

Mar 17, 2022

Following the White-Hot Fire Inside of You

In the Studio with Painter Brian Rutenberg