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What money is actually for
Money is very good at one job: buying the freedom to say no. It needs clear instructions to do it.
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All 12 articlesMost small businesses don’t die from competition
Competition gets the blame. Cash timing, founder bandwidth and drift do most of the damage.
Faith without performance
On the difference between visible faith and performed faith, and what remains when no one is watching.
Love is a practice, not a feeling
The feeling starts it. Small, repeated, ordinary choices are what make it last.
The interest rate on your habits
Everything compounds, not just money. The question is which habits you want working for you.
Design is how it feels at 2 a.m.
The real test of a product is the tired person using it on a cracked phone with one bar of signal.
What Lagos teaches you about speed
A city that runs on urgency produces remarkable people. It also makes it hard to tell what matters.
On being early
Being early feels a lot like being wrong. The hard part is surviving the long middle.
The friendship audit
Adult friendships survive because someone maintains them. Usually that someone has to be you.
What we inherit and what we choose
We are handed beliefs before we can examine them. Choosing them later is a form of respect.
Pricing is a statement of belief
Price is never just arithmetic. It is a statement about what you believe your work is worth.
Saying less in public
Opinions formed in an hour are rarely worth holding for a year.