Today is the first day of the tenth month of my year-long Foundations project. This month’s theme is focus. Focus is a complement to productivity, the second month, which emphasized creating systems that capture, organize and plan your efforts. But this system-building has an obvious weakness: it doesn’t decide what needs to be done and […]

Reflections on my month-long focus on improving my relationships, including a special conversation with my wife.

I’m wrapping up the ninth month of my year long Foundations project. This month’s focus was connection—improving the closest relationships in your life. As part of my efforts this month, I read seven books, including one textbook, on the topic. For those interested, here are my previous reading lists about fitness, productivity, money, food, reading, […]

Nine thoughts on how to choose your career in life.