Next week, I’m opening registration for my new course Everyday Energy. In the last essay, I discussed why we’re living through a crisis of human energy. Today, I’d like to share some thoughts on how to fix that, with insights drawn from the first month of the three-month curriculum. Energy starts with biology. All human […]
Lesson One: The Human Energy Crisis
I’m excited to announce a new course I have coming out next week, Everyday Energy. It is a three-month program designed to help you build new practices into your life to feel more energetic and complete meaningful work. This course builds on the topics I’ve been writing about over the past few months. It’s not […]
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