asking yourself if you want to feel good "now or later" is a powerful question. It will: • remind you of miserable times when you caved • times when you waited and were rewarded • provide you the space to make the right decision Do this at least 5 times a day

you're free to choose the discomfort you experience but discomfort itself is mandatory, whether you're growing or staying the same ask yourself: are new emotions in your heart more uncomfortable than the discomfort you're feeling by staying the same?

I've interviewed thousands of candidates and filled hundreds of roles in tech over the last 5 years. There's a clear difference between the best and worst interviewers. If you're in the thick of a job search, this is for you: formerfed.substack.com/p/silence-spea…

Ideas are the entry point to discovering and solving problems.

Writing to yourself and creating educational content are two different things - different purposes and mindsets. The magic happens when you bridge the gap - the middle path.

Output, directed creativity, strategy and intensity in the morning. Input, unstructured creativity, architecture and design in the afternoon,

People think about their bodies in the wrong way. We are 3 dimensional creatures (physically), yet we think about our bodies through a 2 dimensional lens. We have a "front and back". Today is back day, tomorrow is chest day. We think about working those muscles in isolation.

you’re not anxious when you’re in motion. Motion could be: • taking a walk • journaling • difficult conversation you’ve been putting off doing nothing solves nothing and complicates everything. (unless your doing is intentional non-doing)

When you realize victory is the longest road, you can settle into the journey.

everything you do leaves a fingerprint on who you are, which influences who you become. that's why habits, systems and goals are so critical. habits & systems are repeated actions in repeatable processes that leave the "doing" fingerprint. Goals give meaning and purpose to