The Tinkerer's Mindset: How to Win More

My entire life changed when I realized that I would never want to trade lives with the people I read books about.Allow me to explain with a story about the richest man who ever lived.In the early 1500s, an enterprising German financier named Jakob Fugger rose to prominence on the ...  Show more

A few weeks ago, I shared a piece on my ​Anti-To-Do List​ and the general merits of using inversion to improve your life.The idea was straightforward:Write down what you want to avoid doing.Avoid doing those things.I've gotten a lot of value from using inversion like this as a to ...  Show more

#208: Learn the 7-step framework for a personal annual review that will help you reflect on last year and plan to make this year your best one yet. Together with Sahil Bloom, we discuss insights for setting meaningful goals across personal growth, relationships, and career, along ...  Show more

The way you start 2025 has an outsized effect on the way your year unfolds.

…it’s not what you do once in a while that will make a difference but the tiny triumphs accomplished each day that will cause you to make this year legendary.

…whatever happened last ...

*Blink* a new year already?? To wrap up 2021, Rowena (@rowenatsai) and Vivian (@vivianxvan) chose 10 fun, thoughtful, and quirky questions they answer in this episode. Their findings? Despite how relentless, slow, in their feels, and “unproductive” 2021 may have been, it was stil ...  Show more

Finish a down year off strong! If you’re missing your goals this year, hear my tips on navigating this moment with gratitude, resilience, and strategy. Today, I talk about: (3:35) Reminding yourself that every entrepreneur faces low years (5:38) Mindset shifts to help you show up ...  Show more