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30 Mini Essays on Self-Improvement and Happiness in The Modern World

All of my essays from the January 2021 Ship 30 for 30 Challenge

An exploration of productivity, technology, and personal thriving

All of my essays from the January 2021 Ship 30 for 30 Challenge

Leverage, Environment, and Books

Our goals for the show were simple: grow an audience, learn about entrepreneurship, and gain access to incredibly smart mentors.

Three Short Lessons From Hosting an Interview Podcast while Still In College

Our goals for the show were simple: grow an audience, learn about entrepreneurship, and gain access to incredibly smart mentors.

Skipping The Line In Life

What if he could ask the world’s most successful people for guidance in this phase of life? What if Bill Gates taught him entrepreneurship, Lady Gaga taught him music, and Warren Buffet taught him finance?

9 Takeaways from The Third Door

What if he could ask the world’s most successful people for guidance in this phase of life? What if Bill Gates taught him entrepreneurship, Lady Gaga taught him music, and Warren Buffet taught him finance?

21 Rules For Getting Your Shit Together

After bombing a math test in my first month of college, I overreacted so dramatically that I developed an obsessive and vague drive to “get my shit together” that continues to this day.

It’s my 21st birthday — I wanted to write something

After bombing a math test in my first month of college, I overreacted so dramatically that I developed an obsessive and vague drive to “get my shit together” that continues to this day.

Computers Broke the Old World

Zero marginal-cost economics, instant digital delivery, globally accessible talent pools, international communication networks, and computational power have completely redefined modern life.

Why I Want To Start The Accelerated Masters Program at The University of Alabama

Zero marginal-cost economics, instant digital delivery, globally accessible talent pools, international communication networks, and computational power have completely redefined modern life.

The Power of Positive Constraints

Whenever I need to take something more seriously, I come up with a challenge to guide me into action.

Making one decision to simplify thousands of future decisions.

Whenever I need to take something more seriously, I come up with a challenge to guide me into action.

Make Failure Suck

Leverage external consequences to win internal battles.

The Silver Bullet of Accountability

Leverage external consequences to win internal battles.

The Torah and Deep Work

Through Deep Work, the secular community is coming to terms with facts that have been known to the Jewish community for millennia.

How Shabbat Subsumes Mainstream Self-Help and Productivity Advice

Through Deep Work, the secular community is coming to terms with facts that have been known to the Jewish community for millennia.

The Power of Mindset

Individuals, empowered by Dweck’s research can manipulate their own reality in their favor by embracing the appropriate mindset.

Lessons Learned from Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck

Individuals, empowered by Dweck’s research can manipulate their own reality in their favor by embracing the appropriate mindset.

Who Is Cal Newport?

Newport is an incredibly prolific academic, author, and blogger and he reached this level of professional success with stunning speed.

Why Am I Obsessed With His Work?

Newport is an incredibly prolific academic, author, and blogger and he reached this level of professional success with stunning speed.

Take Control of Your Education

In my first year of school, I read the following books. Without a doubt, I would not have achieved a fraction of my goals otherwise.

Five Books Every College Student Needs to Read

In my first year of school, I read the following books. Without a doubt, I would not have achieved a fraction of my goals otherwise.

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