A goldmine is only as good as your pick

How to get rid of FOMO on business ideas

What good is technology?

Digging below the facade of new tech

The death of stories

Feelings don't care about your facts

Following our intuition

Why we need to own our own path

Does consuming content undermine taking action?

And how video games do it right.

Passion is a fire

Why 'discipline' doesn't work (and how to actually develop it)

The Shadow

You’re at your highest. Feeling the most inspired. In flow. Doing your best work. The Shadow takes a rest. Waiting for the right time to strike. As you’re running through difficulties and leaping over hurdles, the Shadow patiently stalks behind, stealthy enough to not bring any attention to

Stop hiding from your art

Six months ago, I stopped publishing. In September of last year, I started a newsletter on effortless action. I committed to publishing for twelve weeks, with the idea that each Wednesday I’d send an essay where I’d dive into a topic and how it relates to taking action.

Rewards & Expectations

Welcome back to the Effortless Action Newsletter! Every week, I share findings from across a range of disciplines to better understand “What gets us to take action?” Hey friend! I have a little bit of a different newsletter for you this week. Instead of my normal weekly essay, here are

How expectations influence your motivation

Welcome back to the Effortless Action Newsletter! Every Wednesday, I share findings from a wide range of disciplines to better understand “What gets us to take action?” Last week, I thought I was going to blow up. Not in the physical sense, or eating too much food, but on Twitter.

The do something principle (expanded)

Welcome back to the Effortless Action Newsletter! Every Wednesday, I share findings from a wide range of disciplines to better understand “What gets us to take action?” Mark Manson’s Do Something Principle  is wonderful. The simplicity of it is great, but as we dive deeper into what actually gets

Fail before you quit

Welcome back to the Effortless Action Newsletter! Every Wednesday, I share findings from a wide range of disciplines to better understand “What gets us to take action?” Fail before you quit. “What?! I don’t want to fail! Are you crazy?” Maybe, but that’s beside the point. Throughout my