“Mastery is the best goal because the rich can’t buy it, the impatient can’t rush it, the privileged can’t inherit it, and nobody can steal it. You can only earn it through hard work. Mastery is the ultimate status.”

💬 Derek Sivers

“It’s never a good time to sacrifice for others, but it’s always the right time to sacrifice for others.” (Alan Noble, On Getting Out of Bed)

Currently reading: On Getting Out of Bed by Alan Noble 📚

🍿 Watching Mike Birbiglia: The Good Life (2025)

Mike Birbiglia: The Good Life poster

This could be a useful template to include in a weekly or monthly review.

  • Challenge: What stretched me? How did I respond? What did I learn?
  • Connection: When did I feel most connected to others? Who did I invest in?
  • Contribution: How did I give of myself—skills, time, attention, encouragement?
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I gave my wife a Bird Buddy for her birthday. The real surprise? How much I’ve been enjoying it. I almost feel guilty. Almost.😉 But it’s hard not to love seeing all the curious visitors that show up each day.

🎵 Listening to I’m The Problem - Morgan Wallen

I’m The Problem - Morgan Wallen poster

In any organisation a CEO who does not seem fully trustworthy is a problem. It is particularly so at the helm of a firm like OpenAI, which is building potentially Promethean technologies.

Sam Altman is a visionary with a trustworthiness problem

From The Economist

Currently in a large cross-functional meeting. Hot take: saying “I’d like to echo what [name] said…” and then repeating their exact points isn’t adding weight; it’s adding minutes. Just my $0.02. 🗣️

I really enjoyed seeing Claire Vo demonstrate how she uses AI to go from idea to released feature in this podcast episode with Peter Yang.