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Despite their training
September 16, 2024
There's an old saying in sport that many of the best succeed "despite their training, not because of it"—professional athletes are notorious for having diet...
Make life fun again
September 9, 2024
sunday 🌶️ take: you'll do the best at things you a) enjoy and b) do for decades. the easiest path to a) & b) is to make those things fun. yes, life can be...
A game with many games
September 2, 2024
In a fast-paced world, the "all or nothing" mindset is both common and incredibly distracting. To many, life is a single game where a flawless performance in...
We are what we think
August 26, 2024
What defines you? What's your identity? For many of us, identity is dictated by how we spend our time. Working, with friends, at the gym, in the woods. Our...
Direction is not absolute
August 21, 2024
If you're going the wrong direction, you won't end up in the right place. Going South from San Diego won't get me to San Francisco... well, not for a while....
It's hard to lose a friend
August 12, 2024
I'm not oblivious—I know life is ephemeral. Still, I take for granted just how transitory it can be. The places we go, the things we do, and the people we...
A responsive web app in 150 lines of Python
August 10, 2024
At the time of this writing, there's quite a bit of volatility in both markets and tech. I feel it's unwarranted. It's a rare event when technology comes...
Speed bumps
August 5, 2024
This morning I woke up to make a cup of coffee. Kettle on, scale out, beans measured & ground, pouring commenced. But no steam came off the water. The beans...
Making the same mistakes
July 29, 2024
While navigating my early 20's and making mistake after mistake, my dad shared a poem with me that I still read weekly—Portia Nelson's Autobiography in 5...
Learn how to focus
July 24, 2024
I’m re-listening to one of my favorite books “Peak Performance” by Steve Magness and Brad Stulberg. The most striking thing about the book is the advocacy...
When I was a kid
July 10, 2024
When I was a kid, I thought it would be cool to play baseball in college. More than that, I thought it important to go to a good school. I worked really...
Overcoming fear
July 1, 2024
Feeling uncomfortable Every day, we're confronted with problems. Some problems are easy: "I'm out of soap and I need to buy more." Some problems are hard:...
The journey can be fun
June 20, 2024
I recently saw a quote from the founder of AirBnb, Brian Chesky, and it got me thinking... Somewhere between working for startups, moving across the country,...
One year ago today
June 17, 2024
A year ago today, I put everything I owned in my truck and moved across the country from North Carolina to the Bay Area. I didn’t know where I was going, I...
📫 Life is a game of catch
June 12, 2024
You don’t try to win a game of catch. In fact, the whole point of catch is that you’re playing catch. And it goes on indefinitely until either you or your...
📫 It’s easy to be a hypocrite
June 6, 2024
I’ve been participating in sport my entire life. I’m grateful for finding my love for strength training around 18— it’s been a huge part of my life since....
📫 Everyone is a genius
June 3, 2024
What does it mean to have writer’s block? To have no ideas at all? To be a lazy procrastinator? At some point, we’ve all been there, utterly unable to be...
📫 Takeaways from my first course
May 27, 2024
A few weeks ago, I traveled down to the LinkedIn Learning studio in Carpinteria, CA to record my first course (Fundamentals of Data Transformation 🤓). It’s...
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