When we have competing projects, we assume saying “yes” to one means saying “no” to something else. In other words, we have a limited amount of time and energy, so if you invest in one project, you have less to invest in others. This is known as the law of
For most of my teens, I felt like a prisoner inside my own head. Although I desperately wanted to be confident, I mostly felt shy, awkward, and mildly anxious in social situations. However, things started to shift when I moved to Glasgow for university. Here, nobody knew me and had
When I was 24, I had already failed at two businesses and was desperately trying to figure out what to do with my life. Around this time, I had a dream. From the start, there was something strange about it, like it was in high definition. I was walking down
There are two things I try to keep in mind when launching new projects: (1.) The initial phase will require a disproportionate investment of energy. (Just as a rocket burns up 80-90% of its fuel in the first 2-3 mins to break out of Earth’s atmosphere.) (2.) Although the first
When he was 35, Dr. James Hollis fell into a dark, crippling depression—the kind which makes it difficult to even get out of bed in the morning. This made no sense to him because he’d just achieved his life goals of creating a family, earning a PhD, and becoming a
I interviewed Kevin Kelly for our Aligned Creator Summit this month. If you’re unfamiliar, Kevin is the Co-Founder of Wired Magazine, and someone Tim Ferriss suggests might be “the most interesting man in the world”. A key takeaway was Kevin’s maxim: Never measure yourself against somebody else’s ruler. In his
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