There’s a key principle that often gets lost in the din as our lives become more and more complicated: anything that is going to stay around needs to generate more than it consumes.
A friend once gave me the memorable advice that in life we need to be able to manufacture our own happiness. Too often [...]
Consume vs. generate
Waking up
There are certain things you can’t do any faster. Sing faster and it will sound wrong. Breathe faster and you are hyperventilating. Laugh faster and you won’t enjoy the joke. Sleep faster and—that doesn’t even make any sense.
Actually, doing anything faster is like sleeping faster. It doesn’t even make any sense.
When we talk about doing [...]