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Dreams have consequences Hisham Matar Time passes, decisions are made, we face the consequences or enjoy the benefits. A few books for this moment, about navigating…

“If you don’t ask, you don’t get.” That’s problematic advice. Taken to an extreme, it turns us into hustlers. The alternative is to realize that the…

Everyone wants to be connected | Seth’s Blog But we hesitate to be the connector. Everyone wants to be trusted, but we hesitate to trust. And…

What if your boots don’t have any straps? Bootstrapping is logically impossible. You can’t pick yourself up into the air by lifting on your boots, no…

Kash’s garden | Seth’s Blog She doesn’t grow plants. The plants grow themselves. Her job is to create conditions for the plants to grow. The soil,…

We need you. But only if you need us. Purple.space is six months old, and there are about a thousand of us now. It was an…

If productivity is useful work created by time or money, it’s worth thinking about what we mean by ‘useful’. There are areas where reliability is crucial.…

In an economy built on skill, knowledge, and attitude, the single most powerful way to improve your productivity is to learn something. You put in the…

Adam Smith and Karl Marx both wrote about the pin-making machine. Not too long ago, pins (for hats, to hold shirts in place, etc.) were incredibly…

PW 5: Measuring the right thing | Seth’s Blog Last in the series… Most of us were indoctrinated to believe that completing chores is the appropriate…