“Be careful what you get good at doing because you’ll be doing it for the rest of your life.” — Jo Carson A Story From a Book As a kid, Gabrielle Hamilton was… well. How do you put it? At 13, she started smoking cigarettes By 15, she was stealing…

Nestled in the back of his 300-page memoir is the book David Chang wanted to write: 33 Rules for Becoming a Chef. Rule #1: Being a chef is only partly about cooking. Rule #9: Learn by doing (see rule #2: don’t go to culinary school). Rule #21: Immerse yourself in…

I sometimes take for granted that experts in a given field will give an interview for a podcast or YouTube video and compress a lifetime of observations and experiences into a concise idea — for free. If the expert is particularly insightful and skilled, they can distill their reflection into…

This is the story of the best advice I’ve ever received. It’s not the type of advice that fits neatly on a poster with a photo of a bald eagle soaring above a double rainbow. You won’t hear this advice in a commencement speech. …

We take for granted that experts in a given field will give an interview for a podcast or YouTube video and compress a lifetime of observations and experiences into a concise idea — often for free. If the expert is particularly insightful and skilled, they can distill their reflection into…

Once I started going to college, I never stopped. When I received my first diploma, I looked at the “real world,” got scared, and boomeranged back to school for a Master’s degree. By twenty-three, I was still on my parent’s health insurance plan, had three roommates, and had zero assets…

With the last of the 4,500 diplomas handed off and each of the thousands of graduates either bored, tired, hungover, hungry, or needing to use the restroom after the four-hour ceremony, the chancellor instructed us to move our tassels from right to left. At that moment, we traded in the…

I read two books in 2019. By making a small change and creating a good system, I increased that number by 50 in 2020 and 2021. That’s one book a week, on average. I tried to replicate that number by reading 52 books in 2022, and although I fell short…

I read 2 books in 2019. By making a small change and creating a good system, I increased that number by 50 in 2020 and 2021. That’s one book a week, on average. I tried to replicate that number by reading 52 books in 2022, and although I fell short…