One of my most prevalent goals is to become smarter — always. When weighing opportunities, a job’s potential to make me smarter is more important than raw career growth (although the two often go hand-in-hand), monetary gains, or geographic location. It’s an important driver in my personal relationships, and in my choice of activities and …
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Mastering the art of writing requires becoming precise. The best writers are deeply precise with their language usage. They don’t need many words to tell the truth; but the ones they choose are the right ones. If truth is the fine edge of a knife blade — sharp when it cuts you, and so narrow …
An important rule for good writing: always end a sentence with the most important word. The last word in a sentence lingers in the reader’s mind. Think of it as having a resonance, or an echo. The sound holds long after the rest of the sentence has died, and it plays a significant role in …
I was talking to a Praxis participant today about the upheaval of moving, and the stress of getting settled in a new city. Finding a place to live, coordinating logistics, and working on a tight timeline for all of the above can be incredibly overwhelming. As someone who’s getting ready to move for the fifth …
“God said, take what you want and pay for it.” — Ayn Rand (or, a Spanish proverb) The above is one of my favorite quotes. It embodies two of my favorite principles in life: freedom and responsibility. Freedom, to take the things you want — blatantly, liberally, unabashedly. Responsibility, to bear the consequences of those …
David Perell wrote a fantastic blog post on the importance (or lack thereof) in the accuracy of maps. Side note — if you don’t follow David Perell, you should. In a similar vein, I want to talk about the importance (or lack thereof) in the precision of one’s metaphors. This is not an argument against …
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