John Wooden was the legendary UCLA men's basketball coach who led the team to 10 national championships over a 12 year period. He is most well known for his life wisdom that extended well beyond the court.

Keeping the promises you make to yourself is the highest order purpose in life. Every single time you keep that promise, you are stacking evidence in favor of the type of person that you want to become.

This piece explores John Wooden's 9 Promises for a Life Well-Lived.

Question: What if your path is a spiral?

Framework: Shu Ha Ri: The 3 Stages of Mastery

I'm absolutely thrilled to announce that my first book—The 5 Types of Wealth—is officially ​available for preorder​ everywhere books are sold!

For the last three years, I've been working on this in the dark, so I'm excited to finally reveal it to all of you in my incredible community.

Today, I'd like to share a bit more about the book—why I'm so excited for you to read it—and humbly ask that you consider preordering copies for yourself, family, and friends if you've found value in any of my writing in the past.

Question: What would you do if you had zero fear of judgment?

Framework: Truth Tellers

A "mental model" is a way to think about the world. The world is infinitely complex, so the aim of any good model is to provide a lens through which you can simplify, evaluate, and make decisions as you walk through life.

The Winner's Game vs. Loser's Game is a mental model with powerful applications for your career, business, investing, and life. A Winner's Game is won through incredible shots. A Loser's Game is won through avoiding unforced errors. Most games of life are Loser's Games.

Two lessons to apply: (1) Avoid the Complexity Trap and (2) Embrace Self-Awareness.

Question: If you hired the best CEO in the world to be the CEO of your life, what actions would be on their 100-day plan?

Framework: Return on Luck

Here's an interesting thought: Failure is a skill. But unfortunately, failure is not a skill that any of us learn to develop in school. In fact, people who are high achievers throughout their school years are often the worst at failure in early adulthood, because they've never had to contend with it.

The system I developed to fail better—to handle, deconstruct, and use every single failure to set the conditions for future success: (1) Set a failure timer, (2) Become a scientist, (3) Time travel to the future, and (4) Take action.

Your entire life will change the moment you stop fearing failure as a foe and start embracing failure as a friend.

Question: If you were writing the story of your life, what would the current chapter be called?

Framework: The Einstellung Effect

Last week, I came across a beautiful story that impacted me so deeply that I found myself telling everyone about it. Each time I did, I saw their eyes light up as the lesson struck a chord deep within.

The lesson of the story: You choose your own worth.

You can choose to place yourself in environments where people will see you for your highest potential. You can choose how you treat yourself. You can choose your value.

This is the most important choice of your life. Choose wisely.

Question: Cheap is expensive.

Framework: The man, the boy, and the donkey.