Pinned3 Missing Elements in Dan Pink’s Motivation TheoryMy young business is like a sapling on the forest floor. We’re tiny, straining, struggling upward daily, desperate to catch some of that nutritious sunlight we hear so much about. To avoid the one-man-band problem, my business mentor suggested I try something called “fractional teams”. This means instead of looking…Leadership2 min readLeadership2 min read
3 days agoThe “Adulting” Ladder — some levels of Growing Up are totally optional 👑Here are the levels of Adulting, as I see them: Level Negative 1— Someone else pays your bills, feeds you, clothes you, picks your schedule, and gets you to appointments on time. They prompt you to do chores (or do them for you). Level 0 — No one helps you…Adulting3 min readAdulting3 min read
Jan 16, 2022How Grandmasters Get So GoodYou’ve probably heard of the 10,000-hour rule… A music professor once observed that the only difference between Violin majors who were good enough to be professional violinists and those who would do something else with their lives boiled down to how much time they’d put into their art. Mediocre players…Writing Tips3 min readWriting Tips3 min read
Apr 26, 2021The Pros and Cons of Real-Life SuperheroesComic superheroes are so popular that hundreds of people around the world have started donning tights and playing vigilante. Bizarre, laughable, but true. Video footage of the increasingly popular movement starts off the way you’d expect…. …Superheroes15 min readSuperheroes15 min read
Apr 24, 2021The “32% Reason” Every Author Needs a Support TeamIn the middle of 2012’s NaNoWriMo, my laptop died. I was devastated, and stupidly poor. My new friend Andrew Whittaker, who I met two weeks before, was caught up in his own NaNoWriMo project. But when he heard about my plight, he promptly packed up his only laptop, brought it…Publishing5 min readPublishing5 min read
Apr 24, 20218 Ways Fear of Poverty Makes Entrepreneurs StupidEven short brushes with hunger, homelessness, or poverty are enough to create lasting aversion. My friends call this “poverty brain” — interacting with the world from a perspective of scarcity, a fear of not having enough. Poverty brain makes you (and me) do stupid things, like eat half-spoiled food because…Entrepreneurship10 min readEntrepreneurship10 min read
