Principles

Some broad beliefs I strive to live by:

• Strong opinions, weakly held. Disagreement isn’t scary. Openness brings you closer to truth.

• Theory and practice are mutually informative. Build both muscles.

• What you do is who you are. Desire without action is meaningless. Values are revealed through real-life tradeoffs.

• Privilege is de-risking. It affords the opportunity do the more authentic, exciting, or right thing, instead of the easy thing.

• Play long games. Don’t chase hype. It takes years for good investments to pay off.

• Tell the world what you want. The internet is a serendipity machine. Manifesting in public will make you luckier.

• Do the dirty work. You’re never “too good” to be in the weeds.

• If you wanted to, you would. Trust your gut. Find out what avoidance is trying to tell you.

• Don’t half-ass. You’ll cap your floor but also your ceiling.

• Relationships are everything.

• Be the bigger person. It costs nothing to be the first to praise, thank, apologize, forgive.

• All problems are soluble. (You just gotta believe this one.)