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An Ode to Showing Up
Reading Time: 4 min
Show up on good days. Show up on bad days. Show up when you want to. Show up when you don’t want to. Show up when you’re hot. Show up…
Stop Trying to Be Less Obsessed
Reading Time: 11 min
When I was 16, a lifeguard rescued me at the beach. I can still see him throwing an orange flotation device my way and guiding me beneath the pier until…
The US Open, Human Excellence, and What AI and Machines Will Never Replace
Reading Time: 2 min
All this talk about AI and machines and robots, and yet what we really crave is the human spirit working at the height of its powers. Two of the best…
It’s Not Just Crazy Parents: The Youth Sports Problem
Reading Time: 16 min
Are youth sports broken? Almost certainly. It’s easy to rail against the craziness of youth sports parents. I’ve done so in the past, and a lot of it is deserved.…
The Mundanity of Excellence
Reading Time: 8 min
“Everyone wants to be the best. But very few people are willing to do what it actually takes…You have to fall in love with the boredom. You have to fall…
Stop Trying to Be Balanced and Live Life in Seasons Instead
Reading Time: 3 min
One of the biggest lies of modern life is that to be happy you need to be “balanced.” It’s sold to us by the self-help industrial complex—whose purveyors, it’s worth…