A couple months back, our team at jamie started to work on one of the most exciting product ideas we had in a while. An AI assistant that automatically generates meeting notes for you. We have announced it to the world in late October and have gotten hundreds of signups…

Time you enjoy wasting is never wasted — Our lives are busy. Our days filled with countless things demanding our attention. A lot of space in our being is taken up by the different roles and responsibilities we possess. If we had a busy week that was demanding, we still aim to “make the most” out of the…

Five keys that helped me navigate uncertainty every day — Yesterday, I wrote about how uncertainty is life-encompassing for many creatives, entrepreneurs, and doers. Over my years of working creatively on business ideas, digital products, podcasts, and events I have cultivated different ways that help me deal with uncertainty on a daily basis. All of which serve as my anchor…

The inevitable struggle anyone faces working on novel ideas — Founders, creatives, and anyone working on novel ideas inevitably face uncertainty along their journeys. The uncertainty of not knowing everything, yet. The uncertainty of things not working, yet. The uncertainty of their future. Despite humans preferring the certainty of misery over the misery of uncertainty, luckily some risk-takers are courageous…

Creativity requires discipline. The discipline to engage in deliberate practice, and do the work. But doing the work itself is not enough. You need to ship your work. Share it with the world. As Seth Godin puts it: “Shipping, because it doesn’t count if you don’t share it”. And a…

The truth about what it takes to become a good creative — “Creativity doesn’t wait for that perfect moment. It fashions its own perfect moments out of ordinary ones.” — Bruce Garrabrandt When thinking of creatives, many often assume that they must be chaotic people following their flow of inspiration while jumping from idea to idea. Many envision writers, painters, designers, or…

How to turn Steve Job’s advise into a practical guide for your life — You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. — Steve Jobs As a young human growing up…

What most people don’t understand about the world around us — “In a strategy that entails ruin, benefits never offset risks of ruin“ — Nassim Nicholas Taleb There are two types of probabilities that are of utmost importance when acting in our (uncertain) world. Ensemble probability and time probability. …

How to avoid flawed thinking — Thinking is hard. When thinking through things that are happening in our world, there are many traps we can fall into. Predicting the future, or even the consequences of certain actions is extremely difficult. As Nassim Nicholas Taleb points out, there are three flaws present in the thinking of most…