When beautiful things die - like our ideas, our hopes, our dreams, a career path we thought would pan out - we often just move on and focus on the next thing without stopping to consider how we've been affected by the disappointment of it all. Even good,

No matter how long you've been doing what you're doing, it's easy to get into assumptive ruts. Thought ruts. Ruts that prevent you from seeing potentially great ideas. On this episode, I share a few ways to use a "stimulus dive" to get out of your comfort

Paralyzed and unable to gain traction on that big project? Maybe it's because your expectations are too high. (What? Too high?!?!) By lowering your expectations for regular output you can increase the likelihood of actually making meaningful progress on your objectives.

Re-calibrating the way we think about passion for work.

There are three types of materials that should fill your study time.

How to handle criticism, especially when it seems unfair.

A powerful question to ask when you disagree with a creative decision or direction.

There's an ongoing debate about paper vs. digital. I weigh in.

The four ways to treat a book, and how they should impact your reading.

Your most powerful ideas will often come from looking outside of the places you'd normally look.