076: How an Ex-Stanford Dean Learned to Embrace Her Child's Struggle
Julie Lythcott-Haims, former Stanford Dean and NYT bestselling author, discovered that shielding her child from struggle actually increased his anxiety rather than reducing it.
Jason Shen
The Outlier Coach—helping founders build companies they can be proud of with partners who truly have their back · 3x venture-backed startup founder (acq by FB) · Author of 'The Path to Pivot' & 'Weirdly Brilliant' · ADHD · Former NCAA gymnast
075: How to Ask for Help (According to Science)
🖼 Scotch & Bean 030 - Monkey Mind + 👉 Musings & Perspectives (newsletter)
074: The Magic of Async Video Communication
🖼 Premature Optimization (Scotch & Bean) + 👉 ADHD 2.0 (a guide for the
hyperactive)
This is the 74th edition of Cultivating
Startups As Chemical Reactions
Originally written in 2014, updated with a new example in 2021 (Homejoy →
Robinhood)
I'm sometimes envious of people
Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why
Survivors of extreme situations share key traits: they face reality without denial, stay curious about their environment, and find meaning even in desperate circumstances.
073: How to Make Eng Oncall (and Your Life) Suck Less
🖼 Recover (Scotch & Bean) + 👉 What else is true?
072: Lessons from a Failed War
🖼 Mistakes were made (Scotch & Bean) + 👉 Hypefury (Twitter Posting Client)
071: The Cost of Obsession
🖼 Extra Work (Scotch & Bean 019) + 👉 Minimal Flat Avatars
070: Three Metaphors for Productivity
What Does Productivity Look Like? 👨🏻🍳 Restaurant 🏎️ Pit Crew 🚀 Startup Accelerator
069: Advising a startup founder facing a mental health challenge within her team
🖼 Onboarding (Scotch & Bean) & 👉 Riverside.fm (podcasting tool)I
Scotch & Bean 025 - Office Perk
Waste not, want not
068: How Music Gets You in the Zone (+ A Call for Questions!)
🖼 Office Perks (Scotch & Bean) + 👉 Shang Chi—The Legend of the Ten Rings