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For when you feel stuck: six short pieces on acting before you're ready.

6 pieces · 18 min

For anyone about to leave home: advice to a younger self, a story about speed, a few big ideas, and a letter about ordinary Tuesdays.

5 pieces · 26 min

For when you're new at something and it shows: five pieces on looking dumb, filling in the gaps, and failing on purpose.

5 pieces · 22 min

For when you know something has to change but keep putting off the call: one hard look at the question, then small steps that add up.

5 pieces · 20 min

For when you're picking a job or a direction: the wrong hill, the one metric that doesn't lie, and why to search far wider than feels normal.

4 pieces · 26 min

For anyone who thinks luck just happens: five pieces on taking more shots, leaving a trail, and staying in the game long enough to get lucky.

5 pieces · 25 min

For anyone with an idea and nothing else yet: dream big, call it a project, find your first users by hand, and do more than seems sane.

5 pieces · 25 min

For anyone building with other people: what the fastest teams in history did differently, and what quietly slows the rest down.

5 pieces · 21 min

For when you said it clearly and it still didn't land: five short pieces on why explaining fails and what works instead.

5 pieces · 18 min

A path about advice, on a site full of it: whose to copy, why it all contradicts itself, and how to end up with your own list.

5 pieces · 19 min

For when you want to see things more clearly: five short pieces on noticing detail, catching empty explanations, and why pessimism sounds smart.

5 pieces · 21 min

For when the news makes everything feel like it's falling apart: why the past looks better and the future worse than either really is.

5 pieces · 15 min