Curiosity Chronicle

There's a quote that I've had printed out in my office for the last decade:

For years, I credited the line to legendary boxer Muhammad Ali. But it turns out, that attribution is wrong. The first known reference to the adage appears in an unsigned filler in a 1916 insurance indu...

Last week, my business partner and I held our quarterly "Think Week" retreat.

The plan for this retreat was straightforward:

• 2 days
• Limited connectivity, no meetings
• Unstructured schedule
• Question prompts as catalysts to zoom out
• Focus on deep conversations, journaling, thinking, and reflecting on business ventures, relationships, hea...

This is one of my strongest held beliefs:

Preparation beats planning.

Planning is based on the expectation of order. Preparation is based on the expectation of chaos.

And as I recently found out, there's real science to support it.

In 1994, researchers gathered 30 collegiate baseball players for an experiment. One group practice...

A few days ago, I made a terrible mistake.

I woke up, grabbed my phone, and started scrolling X while making my coffee.

In the span of about two minutes, my brain got hit with doomsday predictions, geopolitical tensions, horrific news, and warnings about AI destroying jobs.

Before I had even taken my first sip of coffee, I was in fight-or-flight mode.

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In 2021, I left my traditional career track in finance to go all in on writing and creative work.

I assumed that more time inputs would mean more, and better, outputs.

I was wrong.

The writing, once a highlight of my day, had taken on the feel of a job. The passion had become work.

As it turns out, there's real science that helps explain why. It's call...