• ESSAYS

    • Redefining What's Tough
    • Ad Agencies Don't Run Ads
    • Why I Hate Hockey
    • The Case for a Boring LIfe
    • Let's Play Guns
    • Suck Until You Don't
    • Vita Ex Machina
    • Raising a Child Your Age
    • Art & Basketball
    • Thought for Food
    • The Story Doctor
    • Words are Hard (3 parts)
    • A Farewell to Ads
    • Good Writers Despise Words
    • One: Fight or Flight
    • Two: The Big Dance
    • Three: The Way Forward
    • Jazz is Green
    • Doing Deep Work
    • Upside of Downtime
    • The Risktaker's Paradox

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