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The magic of doing hard things

a podcast interview with me & Nucleate

Jul 11 • 

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March 2025

Unstoppable friendliness

notes from a nine day metta retreat

Mar 4 • 

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December 2024

How to have good ideas

a framework for effective ideation

Dec 11, 2024 • 

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On Hiring

One of the hard lessons I've learned about recruiting is that you have to be okay with passing on lots of amazing candidates that you think could be…

Dec 1, 2024 • 

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October 2024

How to use Superhuman like a semi-pro

Email is one of those things that, if you’re like me, you probably have to do a lot of, every day, and will continue to do so for a good chunk of the…

Oct 31, 2024 • 

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September 2024

Suffertember VIII

I just got off a nine day metta retreat and am still feeling the afterglow.

Sep 1, 2024 • 

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August 2024

July 2024

Interpersonal warmth

A fews years ago I met Matthieu Ricard ("the world’s happiest man who wishes you wouldn’t call him that") at a Contemplative Studies conference (the…

Jul 1, 2024 • 

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June 2024

May 2024

It's not boring to be here

Certain poetry evokes the awe-inspiring expansiveness of what life is.

May 8, 2024 • 

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On noticing

Lately I’ve been trying to “notice” things. Noticing is when you clearly define a pattern that you’d like to shift and then load it into your…

May 1, 2024 • 

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April 2024

Some things I've learned from being a biotech founder for the last 4.5 years

Everyone tells you recruiting is the most important thing. And you believe it. And then you start your co and you realize it was at least 10x more…

Apr 1, 2024 • 

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