Few things are as unpleasant as anxiety. With the explosion of interest in mindfulness meditation and books like The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, I’m hardly alone in wanting to worry less. Recently, I read Anxious by NYU neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux. LeDoux is an expert on a lot of the neural processes behind […]

In early Top Performer pilots (before we even called it Top Performer) Cal and I made a fairly subtle mistake about the process of acquiring career skills. It’s one I’ve seen many people make when thinking about improving their career, so I think it’s worth exploring here in case you might be making it too. […]

Sometimes the obvious advice you need to hear isn’t obvious to you. Here’s an example of this that happened just last week. A guy on Twitter asked me if I did coaching. He felt stuck in his career and wanted to pay me to give him advice. I don’t do individual coaching (at least for […]

This Saturday (November 9th, 2019), I’m going to be in Washington DC. Solid State Books was kind enough to host Cal Newport and me for a conversation about Ultralearning. If you’re in the area, I’d love to meet you in person: What: Cal Newport and I discuss Ultralearning. When: 4pm-5pm Saturday, November 9th, 2019 Where: […]