Studying Sports for Leadership
I just listened to a great podcast from the Lowe Post—an NBA-centric show—about the book The Captain Class. I haven't read the book myself, but you get a good gist of...
Thoughts
3 Months into Meditating
After reading 10% Happier , I was motivated to give meditation a shot. 5–10 minutes a day seems like a small cost for even an additional 5% happiness in everyday life, and the sheer simplicity...
Meta-Blog Thoughts, 2017 Edition
Two years removed from being an employee at Square, I made a trip back to the offices to greet familiar faces and check out the updated decor. One of them offhandedly mentioned that I still...
Impressions of the Switch, Three Months Later
The Switch is my first Nintendo console since the SNES. Having missed all the great Nintendo franchises in the past decade or so, I've been excited to wait for the updates the classics,...
Educational Tradeoff
My new favorite podcast is Exponent, a podcast hosted by business analyst types Ben Thompson and James Allworth. They tend to talk a lot about the tech industry and its movements, but often provide subtle insights that, while still self-serving to a degree[1], are usually thought-provoking. In a recent episode (It's Complicated)...
Year in Review — 2016
Man, 2016 has been a hell of a year. Globally, it has been a year that defied expectations. Brexit and the US presidential elections were at the forefront of political turmoil, but there has been...