The bad news first. Entrepreneurship is not a finite game. There are no goalposts to tell you how you're doing, or how far you’ve come. Succeeding once—or several times—is no guarantee of a rerun. Failing once—or several times—doesn’t say much about whether this is the right path for you…

Barely a month ago, on June 16th — the one-year anniversary of this blog column — I published a post recounting the origin story of this very website. That piece explored how it all began, and how, through iteration after iteration, I arrived at what I then called Website 3.0 — the third complete overhaul, evolving in step with my own transformations. Well… here is Website 4.0…

Whenever we talk about self-renewal, it's impossible not to talk — explicitly or implicitly — about aging. If self-renewal is about change — not just in our behaviors, but in our identity — and if it’s true that self-renewal is never fast (because it takes time to truly understand what no longer fits in our life, and just as much time, plus trial and error, to reimagine what should take its place), then the question…

When it comes to theories and protocols for navigating the complex relationship between career and life—and finding ways for the two to complement each other rather than compete as a zero-sum game—there’s no shortage of books, ideas, and trends.

I knew I had high cholesterol for four years. The first time I came to realize was through my blood work onJanuary 6th, 2020. The doctor took a quick stab at calculating the probability of me coming down with a heart attack based on the lab results…

I wanted to create something lasting to celebrate my pursuits this year, and I couldn’t have been more fortunate to have such talented friends willing to collaborate on this project with me.

For many—including myself during much of my past—the end of the year didn’t feel like it came at the “right time.”

I can’t really say whether my life in the last 20 years has been successful, I guess one can’t really put the final word to it until the end, but surely I have lived adventurously…

I have always struggled with perfectionism. Throw a pinch of vanity in there, too. I care deeply about the quality of what I do, especially if it may find its way to other people’s eyes and ears (or into their wallets.) That’s not a brag. That’s a confession...