Nov 27
080—Unpacking "Traditional Masculinity" and How It Relates to Resilience — In late 2018, the American Psychological Association put forward a set of guidelines for psychological practice with boys and men. The drafting process started way back in 2005 so it's far from a flash-in-the-pan project.
Nov 20
079: The Story of How I Switched to Ghost — 🖼 How does an organization forget? + 👉 Ethan Mollick: A Twitter professor worth following This the 79th edition of Cultivating Resilience [https://www.jasonshen.com/newsletter], a weekly newsletter how we build, adapt, and lead in times of change—brought to you by Jason Shen, a PM, resilience coach, 1st gen immigrant,
Nov 20
Switching to Ghost: Why and How I Did It — I merged 3 digital publishing tools into 1 and this is the story of how and why. This is a rather long article so feel free to skip to the section that matters to you: * My Previous Publishing Setup * The Hassles of the Prior Setup * Considering My Options * Ghost: Built
Nov 13
078: Why Does Tech Seem to Burn People Out So Quickly? — This the 78th edition of Cultivating Resilience, a weekly newsletter how we build, adapt, and lead in times of change—brought to you by Jason Shen, a PM, resilience coach, 1st gen immigrant, ex-gymnast, and 3x startup founder 🧠 Why Does Tech Seem to Burn People Out So Quickly? Some time
Nov 07
077: Why External Benchmarks are Flawed & Evolution Breeds Inefficiency — 🖼 Return to Office (Scotch & Bean) + 👉 Koreans Were Boozing Hard in 1020 AD This the 77th edition of Cultivating Resilience, a weekly newsletter how we build, adapt, and lead in times of change—brought to you by Jason Shen, a PM, resilience coach, 1st gen immigrant, ex-gymnast, and 3x startup
Oct 30
076: How an Ex-Stanford Dean Learned to Embrace Her Child's Struggle — 🖼 Sweat Therapy (Scotch & Bean) + 👉 Bilal Mahmood for State Assembly
Oct 23
075: How to Ask for Help (According to Science) — 🖼 Scotch & Bean 030 - Monkey Mind + 👉 Musings & Perspectives (newsletter)
Oct 16
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 Resilience, a weekly newsletter how we build, adapt, and lead in times of change—brought to you by Jason Shen, a 1st gen immigrant, retired gymnast, and 3x startup founder
Oct 12
Startups As Chemical Reactions — Originally written in 2014, updated with a new example in 2021 (Homejoy → Robinhood) I'm sometimes envious of people who studied subjects in college that correspond to their actual careers. Finance majors who become bankers. Computer Science majors who become software engineers. Must be nice to actually apply the
Oct 11
Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why — In Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why [https://bookshop.org/books/deep-survival-who-lives-who-dies-and-why/9780393353716] journalist Laurence Gonzales combines his own personal adventure history with time spent with white water rafting experts, mountaineers, fighter jet pilots, and wilderness survival guides to understand how people survive (or fail to survive) in
Oct 09
073: How to Make Eng Oncall (and Your Life) Suck Less — 🖼 Recover (Scotch & Bean) + 👉 What else is true?
Oct 02
072: Lessons from a Failed War — 🖼 Mistakes were made (Scotch & Bean) + 👉 Hypefury (Twitter Posting Client)
Sep 25
071: The Cost of Obsession — 🖼 Extra Work (Scotch & Bean 019) + 👉 Minimal Flat Avatars
Sep 18
070: Three Metaphors for Productivity — What Does Productivity Look Like? 👨🏻‍🍳 Restaurant 🏎️ Pit Crew 🚀 Startup Accelerator
Sep 11
069: Advising a startup founder facing a mental health challenge within her team — 🖼 Onboarding (Scotch & Bean) & 👉 Riverside.fm (podcasting tool)I
Sep 05
Scotch & Bean 025 - Office Perk — Waste not, want not
Sep 04
068: How Music Gets You in the Zone (+ A Call for Questions!) — 🖼 Office Perks (Scotch & Bean) + 👉 Shang Chi—The Legend of the Ten Rings
Aug 28
067: How Not to Die in the Wild — 🖼 Yacht Party + 👉 "Run It" from Marvel's Shang Chi
Aug 21
066: How Masculine Ideals Affect Resilience — 🖼 Lessons Learned (Scotch & Bean) + 👉 Flow Club (focused virtual coworking)
Aug 14
065: Massive, Aspirational, and Public Goals — 🖼 Appropriate Communication & 👉 Weight Plate Workouts