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Are you creative? Did you consider yourself a creative kid? I didn’t. I never pursued what I was passionate about, I just wasn’t someone who made things. I aspired to perhaps be a photographer, writer, designer, musician, etc, but never put in the work.

John Kaag’s fascinating new book about the German thinker seeks to tether philosophy back to the mess of daily experience.

People love to party! Well, at least some of them do. For the rest of us, parties bring on waves of feelings, good and bad, much like the events themselves. Here's everything you've ever wanted to know about being the hit of the party.

Perhaps you’re a natural-born writer who has never struggled to come up with a topic for your blog or worried about how you’ll ever finish a complete book. If that describes you, congratulations! You’re a rare breed, indeed. If, however, you’re like most writers — including myself — then you know how labor-intensive writing can become.

This blog is mostly about learning computer programming / systems. Probably 70% of these posts are in one way or another about things I’ve learned and why they’re exciting. But how do you teach yourself hard things? I’ve talked before about having a growth mindset, which is about replacing the belief “I’m bad at X” with “I’m haven’t learned about X yet”. Having a positive attitude is really important, but IMO by itself it’s not enough to learn hard things. Learning is a skill which takes a lot of work to get better at. So this blog post is about specific learning skills that I’ve worked on over time.

The author Laura van den Berg on what inspired her newest novel, "The Third Hotel," and how she accesses the part of the mind that fiction comes from.

We’ve all read the posts about morning routines, productivity hacks and success rituals. The issue is these things have little meaning for us unless we decide they have meaning. In fact, we can read and read, listen and listen, and watch and watch but unless the message speaks to our heart, we do not change. In fact, in many cases, we find ourselves rebelling at the ideas presented to us. Almost as if the person describing how to get ahead really knew our hearts and was writing directly to us.

Do you want to be a great writer? To create stunning works of art that people can’t stop reading? To craft brilliant articles that touch hearts and change lives? Maybe being a great writer has been your dream since you were barely old enough to scribble on the walls in spaghetti sauce. Or maybe you’ve been trying for years to get your writing career to “take off,” with no luck. If so, you’ve probably already imbibed lots of writing advice. Everything from “write every day!” to “Sit down at the keyboard and bleed.” Forget all that. The key to writing well isn’t to focus on writing. It’s to focus on your writing system.

Little professionalism "leaks" in content are errors that undermine the content's authority, squander audience interest, and detract from business goals.

Five steps to get from idea to polished result.

Isn’t there enough art in the world already? Why would I need to create yet more content? How can I stay motivated if there are thousands of people out there who make amazing art; who provide a bri…

2 Powerful Writing Lessons from Ryan Holiday and Derek Halpern

Giving and receiving feedback is an important part of being a writer---or any kind of artist, really. But that doesn’t mean it’s always fun.

Warning: The 4,500 word post you’re about to read is PACKED with helpful tips and musings, resources, and proven strategies to make it in…

Finding your everyday reason for living, or ikigai, could lead to a longer and better life.

A lot can happen in 4 years. A lot can be learned in 4 years. Here's 4 lessons in blogging from 4 years of running a writing blog.

Learning from artists, scientists, and Nobel Prize winners.

“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.” — Scott Adams

In an era of illiterate racist YouTube comments, to worry about semicolons seeming overly sophisticated would be splitting a hair that no longer exists.

What nobody has the balls to tell you.

No one disagrees that you need “good content” to grow a blog, but there’s plenty of disagreement on what “good content” actually means. Let’s start here: Good writing is simply not enough. There’s a clear correlation between strong writing and successful blogs, but there are plenty of counter-examples too. A threshold exists where writing is good enough, assuming you can nail a few other elements.