I don’t think he learned it from Bill Gates. (At least not directly). But as I was reading through the next section of Essentialism, I couldn’t help but wonder about yet another quirky, self-taught aspect of Vlad’s behavior. (And it’s one that’s escalated considerably now that the Brooklyn tempera...

I’ve witnessed this scene countless times (and I’m sure you have, too). In fact, I feel I watched it at least twice this week in Netflix binges I’ve already forgotten. Our hero needs some vital information. She/He sits before a stony bureaucrat who has the necessary intel, pleading their case. ...

For once, I took my own advice. You see, this past week––as my last newsletter advised and around which I themed the new meditation––on two counts I actually “Did Something Different.” Not to be boastful, but the results were…well…quietly miraculous. The first, is a domestic debt I owe to, of all ...