Jan 30
037: 🧠 Technology’s Side Effects —
Also: 🖼 Inbox Zero & 👉 “stress is enhancing” mindset
Jan 23
MC#036: Raise this wounded world —
Feel the fear (chart) + Assemble an illustrated scene
Jan 16
#035: How the Pandemic Hurt Restaurants —
Also: Time Off (Comic) + Send a group video to a friend
Jan 15
Resilience Isn’t Who You Are, It’s What You Do —
After living in San Francisco for many years, my friend and her husband decided
to relocate to New York City. Jessica (not her real name) is an Asian American
woman in her early 30s. She began her first shift as a nurse practitioner at the
psychiatric ward of an NYC
Jan 09
MC#034: Leadership in Turbulent Times —
Also: Resilience: Actual vs Perceived + Annual Review
Dec 19
MC#033: The Social Science Theory that Explains Both Anti-Maskers & Racial Justice Protests —
Plus: Year End Types + Lovingkindness Meditation
Dec 13
MC#032: Keep the Flame Alive —
Plus: How games are the hard work we choose + simulating a Democratic Socialist as President
Dec 06
#031: Winning Teams —
Scotch & Bean: Code Name | The Complexity Science of Winning Teams | Hard Work vs Luck
Dec 05
Two Feelings You Need Before Starting a Startup —
First published in 2013, republished in 2020 with minor tweaks
I was talking to some folks about applying to Y Combinator and preparing
themselves to found a startup more generally. One point that I found myself
talking about, especially in terms of timing, was the two distinct emotions that
I
Nov 28
#030: Planning (Theory vs Practice) —
How Planning Works | Michael J Fox on Resilience | A Chinese Card Game
Nov 21
#029: Personal Best —
Email over the break | From Receptionist to UFC Champion | Slow Podcast Workouts
Nov 14
MC#028: Escaping Short Term Thinking —
Plus: Career Outcomes + Pistol Whip (VR)
Nov 07
MC#027: Counting —
HODLING | The Next Trump | A Better Way to Read
Oct 31
MC#026: It's a Fine Line —
The subtle difference between totally brilliant and totally f*cked
Oct 24
MC#025: Reorgs —
Why reorg's aren't all bad, launching a multi-year charitable effort
Oct 17
MC#024: A Taxonomy of Visual Diagrams —
Venn's Method of Diagrams, Lessons from Fresh Prince, Uncanny Valley Presenters
Oct 10
What I Learned from My First (Blunder-Filled) Marathon —
This piece was originally published in 2014 on the health and wellness site
Greatist but has been lost after the site was acquired in 2019. Republishing it
here because it’s a great lesson in humility and resilience.
Entrepreneur and former collegiate gymnastics champion Jason Shen had a
less-than-awesome experience
Oct 10
MC#023: Effort Vs Impact —
TIRED: Deep dives, WIRED: Quick hits
Oct 03
MC#022: The Docs Edition —
5 Takes on Notion, Roam, and document/knowledge
Sep 26
MC#21: The Three Skills of Resilience —
Why we should stop thinking of resilience as an innate quality