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Bouncing back from disappointment - 2 minutes to reset your day
Hey folks, Earlier this week, I hit my morning alarm and was immediately met with two unwelcome updates: Some folks had to pull out of a...
Sep 14, 20244 min read

Knowing something ≠ doing it: Creating headspace for action
Hey friends, I have a confession…I don’t always take my own advice. Or follow whatever I write in this newsletter. Hyperfocused, but...
Sep 14, 20244 min read

Balancing our present responsibilities with future possibility
A common challenge when we have so much to deal with (family, work, parents, partners, investing, mortgage, bill, gym, friends) is...
Sep 14, 20243 min read

Letting go of old dreams and past identities
A personal story and update (: 5 steps to letting go of past identities, so you can effectively build your future dreams Interesting...
Jul 2, 20245 min read


What is an unconditioned path? Owning your possibilities
Hello friends, I’ve been thinking about how conditioning and context makes it difficult to see possibilities and alternatives for...
May 31, 20245 min read

The ultimate success metric: One question to start asking yourself
Travel for me always entails a mental retreat. Even if it’s with friends or family, there’s always an element of shutting off...
May 17, 20243 min read

Three perspectives on work: Is wanting a meaningful career selfish?
I’m currently based half the time in China, where two things always hit me when I come back: The sheer joy of cycling or scootering as...
May 14, 20245 min read

Scientists vs Engineers: how well do you need to know what you’re doing?
I never thought of myself as a scientist. I struggled to feel excited about my research paper last year, even though it was on a topic I...
Apr 26, 20244 min read

Happier and more productive: Learning to toggle the judgment habit
One habit has made the biggest difference to my happiness and productivity in the past 2+ years. Summary: Judgment as a habit from work,...
Apr 26, 20244 min read

Freedom, feedback and faith, for future-building
A slightly different one today. One privilege of being an early employee at Antler was to witness the initial journey of hundreds of...
Apr 19, 20245 min read

Vampires & Triangles: Managing energy
There are three fundamental resources that will fluctuate over our lives, that we can spend on what we want and who we want: ⌛Time...
Apr 5, 20243 min read

The commercial - creative conundrum
As a literature grad who ended up working with corporate clients, and then went into the venture capital/startup world, it sometimes feel...
Mar 28, 20243 min read

“I don’t want this role, but that’s how to move up in my industry”
Is the only reason you’re trying so hard for this role you don’t like, so that you can continue doing it for another 20 years? In the...
Mar 27, 20243 min read

Embracing awkwardness and rejection
I used to ask strangers in bars if they were happy. And I did genuinely care, even if we’d just been introduced. I thought if I found...
Mar 15, 20243 min read
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