Over the past few weeks, I’ve been thinking about one surprisingly simple question. What are we really searching for? In This Old House, I explored why so many of us spend our lives searching for a place that feels like home. In The Quest for Fire, I looked outward, asking why humanity has spent thousands…
It’s easy to blame time. It’s easier to say people have a problem with time management. But that turns the idea on its head. You don’t have a time problem. You actually have a curation problem. Most people aren’t building lives of quiet desperation.They’re collecting them. We live in an era that celebrates accumulation.New ideas.New…
So often in life people speak about motivation like it’s an inherent trait. You either have it or you don’t.You’re either disciplined or you’re lazy.You either want it badly enough or you have a skill issue. It’s a comforting story because it gives us someone to blame when things don’t go our way. And the…