I haven't uploaded in a month, but I swear I have a good reason !!! (the inaccurate excuse that I give myself)

The past month, I travelled to Palo Alto for a work trip with the goal of fleshing out the MVP product we're looking to launch and a presentation with the big dog.

Here are some lessons I've been thinking about from the past month.

Some other stuff

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When's the best time to set goals? Whenever you need to get it together. In this episode I go over some quarterly goals I'm looking to make progress in the next 3 months.

Recorded July 13, 2025

Reflections on a quiet long weekend where I did a little work, a little reading, a little writing, and a little working out. I also reflect on feeling fomo in the past weekend and the tradeoffs that lead up to this point.

Recorded on July 7

Among my favorite reframes is thinking of life like a stock:

- short term volatility is irrelevant to long term progress

- downturns feel catastrophic as life improves in absolute terms but has been experienced before in percentage terms

- life improves compound

Recorded June 23

The 3 things I'm optimizing for in my 20s is authenticity, agency, and conviction. I have the first two down pat. But what about conviction?

I talk about trying to build off conviction when being the lead in a new project in a new industry and an unlikely solution to balancing humbleness and confidence: an alter ego

Recorded @ June 17

How Do You Get Confidence When Starting Something New?

This is a question I'm currently asking myself as I take lead in a new project tackling a new industry.

Why do I always need evidence before I do new pursuits despite not having evidence in the first place? How do I build meaningful blind faith? How can an alter ego help?

Recorded on June 9, 2025

On this episode, I reflect on a conversation I had with a childhood friend and the feeling of being old at 25.

Why do we feel old all of a sudden? Why do we reminisce about the past? Why do we feel like we can't do much anymore?

Recorded on June 2.

Some jumbled thoughts on reframing when writing my Reframing Substack essay: https://www.nobody-yet.com/p/reframing

I'm back after locking in for a month with work. Turns out I just really miss podcasting and emptying my brain with structured thoughts.

In this episode, I talk about why I was gone for a month and my current obsession with reading biographies (one of the highest leverage things no one does).

Also. It's not Henry Shackleton, it's Ernest Shackleton lol.

Recorded on Monday May 19

Some other stuff

More coherent thoughts: www.nobody-yet.com 

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@ericcliii 

Ig: https://www.instagram.com/ericli.c/ 

In this episode, I review the last quarter of the new year and the previous temporary shift of what is valuable. I talk about the cynicism that comes with feelings of having low agency and cultivating a new approach to work: dispassion.

Recorded on March 28 @ 11pm

Some other stuff

More coherent thoughts: https://lieric.substack.com/ 

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@ericcliii 

Ig: https://www.instagram.com/ericli.c/