These are all fabulous tips - to which I would only add the old adage that if it seems too good to be true, it probably is

and build products and processes that will help them reach their goals

use her free time to make some extra cash). It’s hard to envision what your world will look and feel like without structure and routine, and without a corporate or startup culture around you. I now work with clients across the US doing the work I love doing - helping them scale -

Thank god for @p_millerd and The Pathless Path - without it, I wouldn’t have had the courage to take the leap of faith and start my own advisory business. I haven’t had more than a week and a half off work since I was 11 (no child labor, just an enthusiastic kid who wanted to -

I don’t need to know your birth order, I want to know how old you are compared to the community you spend the most time in

There’s something so intimate about sharing a reading list with someone and enjoying the same books, it’s like a window into how similar your souls are

Oh it’s so sad lol turns out you need a balanced leadership team of tech people and, yes, healthcare people 😂

Great time at #DEF2023 yesterday - great to hear perspectives on AI, future of venture, and how to scale icons like @Strava and @stripe

Anywhere these days, including where I grew up.

vaguely cosmopolitan, independent and social, and (obviously) very privileged. Interesting how even in what I considered a small town, I went into college independent, confident, and not nearly as sheltered as my peers. I wonder if kids get that same level of independence…

we served for lunch - we went downtown every day to typically a sit down lunch. We would see our friends, enjoy the sunshine, and eat something really good (the kind of restaurants I still go to when I’m back in my hometown). That was, in essence, my high school experience -

Have been thinking a lot about my high school experience and how dramatically different it was from most other people I’ve met since. We were discussing school lunches yesterday prior to watching a YT video on the subject and I was telling my partner about how I didn’t know what

how many talents did we miss out on because our sole focus was military gain?

strategy, skill, and psychology. The decline of war, however, perfectly coincided with the rise of athletes - most revered in todays world for their physical prowess. But it begs the question - in the golden age of sports, politics, thinking -

the focus shifts. The threat of mutual destruction and retaliation really puts a damper on actually utilizing these tools of war. The smartest people used to work in military strategy, and humans created something so powerful that we have made obsolete a centuries-old game of -

presidents, athletes, movie stars, etc. We discussed how we’re the first generation (last 100 years) not to live in a constant fear of war. For the entire history of humankind we warred, but with the invention of nuclear warfare - where you can play god and destroy everything -

Fiancé and I had a discussion about military heroes throughout history. How impressive it was to have the psychological skills in an age with less information to mislead and defeat your enemies. Until quite recently, the most revered leaders were military strategists - not

Gets busy? Who will be there for friends going through major life transitions? Are we supposed to think achieving balance in a world where winning requires SO much sacrifice is possible?

On hold to get what we really want, but where is the value of being a stable, contributing member of society? A wife / husband / daughter / father / friend / volunteer? Someone who can be relied upon to do the laundry and remember to take the car for a tune up even when work…

I’m fascinated by the balance between “winning will cost you everything” mindset and recognition that winning isn’t everything, and sometimes the things we drop in pursuit of a win aren’t easily reintegrated. American culture pushes the narrative that we need to put everything…