With two kids under 3.5, it's not always easy to carve out time to read but, as the saying goes, you find the time to do things that are important to you. In 2019, I was able to read 18 …
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“Make Good Art” – Neil Gaiman’s Famous Commencement Speech
Neil Gaiman's "Make Good Art" commencement speech is one of my all time favorites. To my knowledge, in 10+ years of writing here, I’ve only ever featured one other keynote. [David Foster …
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The Lessons of History
"The Lessons of History" is high atop Patrick O’Shaughnessy's best "per-page" books list. Among other things, Patrick is a prolific reader and his recommendations rarely (if ever) steer me wrong and …
75+ Insights from “It Doesn’t Have to be Crazy at Work”
I've long been a fan of Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson. The culture they've created at Basecamp is unlike anything I've ever seen. In the past, I've quoted Jason talking about how alone …
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Shoe Dog
When Shoe Dog came out in 2016, countless people told me it was not only one of the best memoirs they'd ever read, but one of the best books they'd read. Finally, about halfway through 2017, I …