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I’m changing up the format of these Sunday posts a bit, and I hope you find them helpful. Let me know what you think!
Blog posts from the past week
- If you’re not changing your mind, you’re arguing in bad faith. Or, as Seth Godin shares, If you’re not changing your mind, you’re arguing in bad faith.
- Jesus was never busy. “Jesus was not thus overburdened by a program of specific appointments to teach. While always at work, he gives the impression of finding time to chat, albeit not about trivialities. There is never a sense of hurry.”
- Confidence when it matters. A friend said this, which led to this post: “That’s how I am too. You know me, I take a lot of shots at myself and it’s all in fun. However, when I’m up there talking in front of a group I shift and I try to bring all of the confidence that I can.”
- Last touch attribution will lie to you. Website statistics and analytics can be vitally important, but they’ll lie to you if you’re not careful.
- Notes ARE my thinking process. Richard Feynman once said “Notes aren’t a record of my thinking process. They are my thinking progress”.
- Break text free. Our words are increasingly getting locked inside of systems where they can’t easily escape, and we need to fight against that.
Noteworthy articles and podcasts
- I Replaced Apple’s Native Mac Apps— It Completely Changed How I Work. While I didn’t make any changes directly from the article, it caused me to rethink and update a few parts of my system.
- In particular, I got rid of the “TextExpander” app and I’m using that feature in Alfred, I got rid of my screenshot app and I’m just using Loom for it, and I got rid of Ublock Origin since Brave covers those needs already. Cleaning out apps and extensions is always a good thing!
- The Man Who Killed Google Search. I’ve talked a lot on here about how bad Google search has become, and this article from Ed Zitron explains how Prabhakar Raghavan is the man most responsible for the awful state of Google today.
- How to Take Over the World: “You Couldn’t Pay Me to Stop”. This podcast episode is a fantastic discussion between Ben Wilson and David Senra about finding passion in what you do. They both have excellent podcasts, and I’ll listen to any conversation between the two of them.
Books that I’m reading
- Judo Strategy (which isn’t really about Judo).
- The Almanack of Naval Ravikant, which I’ve been wanting to get to for a while.
- I finished reading Smart Brevity, which was appropriately brief (and a great read).
Tech Rec
Stealing the idea from my friends at the Tech Talk Y’all podcast, I’ll drop in a tech recommendation every week as well.
- Obsidian. At its core, Obsidian is a note-taking app, but it’s the best one I’ve ever used. It’s a bit complex, but I’m using it to track everything — people I meet with, books I’m reading, blogs that I write, sizes of the windows in our house, etc. It’s fantastic. Here’s a bit more about why I’m using it.
I hope you found some value in this. If you ever have questions, ideas, or disagreements regarding anything I write, please don’t hesitate to reach out.
