When my team was figuring out how to measure the success of our business in my first job, a lot of managers would frequently reference the book Moneyball. 

Moneyball covers how the Oakland Athletics baseball team and their general manager, Billy Beane, used rigorous data analysis to boil down...

One of the things that I admire about Toto Wolff, Team Principal & CEO Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team (8-time winner of the F1 constructor's championship), is his ruthless attention to growing in all aspects of his life. 

Here are some principles & accompanying quotes from Wolff that I think...

The conditions you can come up with for your happiness are a dime a dozen:

“I’ll be happy when this stressful project wraps up.”

“I’ll be happy when I get this new job.”

“I’ll be happy when this problem is resolved.”

Alternatively, you can also resolve to be happy now.

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Tim Ferris has this great quote, “In a world where nobody really knows anything, you have incredible freedom to continually reinvent yourself and forge new paths, no matter how strange. Embrace your weird self. There is no one right answer… only better questions.”

For the most part, you’re not obligated...

In 2019 Dr. Yian Yin and colleagues published a paper titled “Quantifying the dynamics of failure across science, startups, and security” in Nature, one of the most prestigious academic journals out there. 

In the paper, Yin and his team analyzed massive data sets capturing the successes and failures of...

Before becoming a colleague, a customer, or a competitor, we were human first.

We are human first.

And we deserve compassion, love, and kindness. 

From you to them; them to you;

And you to you. 

The person who procrastinates today is the same person who will eventually need to scramble to finish their work last minute. 

The person who has a few too many drinks tonight is the same person who has will have to endure a hangover. 

The person who impulsively buys...

Your strongest excuse is a compelling story about your limitations that you are willing to get on board with at the expense of your own growth. 

Your strongest excuse is so convincing that it will say “you can’t possibly do that”, and you agree. Repeatedly.

Any strong excuse can...

While on a walk this afternoon, I saw an 80- or 90-year-old sitting on a chair facing a pond. 

For whatever reason, the scene was a poignant reminder of the aging process and the somber prognosis that it presents:

Over time, we have less energy. 

Over time, our...

Some days you will feel unstoppable; other days you will want to stop.

Some days you will have clarity; other days will feel lost. 

Some days you will take steps forward; other days you will take steps back. 

When your journey stretches you, sometimes the most meaningful source...