Blog Posts
Deliberate Practice & Self-Reinvention, Open Sourced.
Don’t Sleep on MasterClass (Even If You Love Cohort-based Courses)
MasterClasses are a good mix of inspiration and application. They’re the next level up for cohort-based course veterans who want battle test their learning strategies, as well as learn new fields.
Lie Like An Artist
Good artists tell the truth, great artists lie with the truth, and how to do both without losing your soul.
Creative Lessons from Logic: Turning Pain into Music, Handling Haters & Why He’s Not on the Internet
Logic a.k.a. Bobby Hall II is a rapper, author, and now actor, best known for his Grammy-nominated single, 1-800-273-8255. Today, he popped into Write of Passage Cohort 7 to jam, field questions, and freestyle along the way.
Making the Anne-Laure Challenge Harder with Investigative Essays
Each week, 1 out of my 5 weekday posts will be a longform investigative essay. These will dissect modern brands, ideas, products, and companies through the lens of classic business principles.
Working in Public as a Writer: Using Blog Posts as Reporting Memos
How do I maintain the momentum of daily publishing, while working on longform essays that challenge my brain and stretch my writing ability? Enter the reporting memo.
Work to Live, Instead of Live to Work: How I’m Doing It
By using our excitement, enjoyment, and creativity as our north star, we can build practices and systems to avoid the stop-start nature of burn out.
Becoming Autotelic: The Part About the Flow State that No One Talks About
Autotelic is defined as “a self that has self-contained goals, one that easily translates potential threats into enjoyable challenges, and therefore maintains its inner harmony.”
Cracking the Creative Code: 5 Surprising Lessons from Publishing 7 Blog Posts in 7 Days
Would it be possible to do creative work in such a way that it adds energy and excitement to my life, rather than take from it? After years of wrong turns and dead ends, I finally found the way to do this. Here’s what I’ve learned so far.
Understanding the Metaverse: A Syllabus for Normal People
Essential research and reading recommendations on the metaverse, for non-technical people.
Creators vs Gamers: How the Metaverse Accelerates the Gamer Economy
The metaverse – history’s biggest video game – will usher the gamer economy into the mainstream.
The Gamer Economy Is the New Creator Economy
The era of the gamer economy — making money playing games you love — is no longer a pipe dream. It’s here.
“What’s an NFT?” — A Practical 5-Minute Explanation for Normal People
An NFT or non-fungible token is a piece of digital data stored on a blockchain. “Minting an NFT” is the act of making that digital file — music, images, videos, etc. — available on the blockchain.
Breaking the Silence: Why I’ve Been AWOL for the Past 3 Months
I’m finally ready to talk about the past 3 months since I lost my job.
Why I’m in Texas for a Month: The Creator Cabins Residency
From now until mid-October, I’ve relocated from Toronto to the Texas Hill Country for CabinDAO’s Creator Cabins Residency.
Taking on The Anne-Laure Challenge: 100 Blog Posts in 100 Days
Beginning today, I’m doing The Anne-Laure Challenge: I’ll be publishing a total of 100 blog posts, or 5 posts a week over 20 weeks.
How to Write a Curation Newsletter (Consistently & Sustainably)
Five recommendations for busy people who want to start newsletters, quickly and easily.
The Best of James Clear’s 3-2-1 Newsletter
James Clear's newsletter give us insights on how to become a functional adult human being. This leads into a fulfilling life of purposeful work, enjoyable fun, and life-giving relationships
“Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish”: Steve Jobs 2005 Stanford Commencement Speech (Transcript & Audio)
“Stay hungry. Stay foolish. And I've always wished that for myself. And now as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you.” – Steve Jobs
The Best of Cal Newport: Intentional Productivity & Thoughtful Living
A curation of links and resources from Cal Newport and Study Hacks over the past 12 years.
How to Enjoy Reading Books
The point is to learn to enjoy the very act of reading, not to consume knowledge. Knowledge comes as a consequence of turning reading into an enjoyable hobby.