Published inThe Hub PublicationThe Neurobiological Mafia Holding Your Productivity at GunpointThe tyrannical trio that is Dopamine, Cortisol, and Model-Based Worldview Learning—The Over-thinker’s Advantage Issue #1 SmetzelMar 33Mar 33
Why split the pie when you can just expand it?You really have to stop settling for mediocrity.Oct 16, 20241Oct 16, 20241
Published inThe Hub PublicationLife is Too Short to OverthinkWill starting and running this business actually make me happy? Will I ever fall in love again?Oct 9, 20241Oct 9, 20241
Published inThought ThinkersWanting Work/Life Balance is Like Trying to Diet with Donuts“I wouldn’t want to work on anything I didn’t want to take over my life.”- Paul GrahamOct 9, 20241Oct 9, 20241
Published inThe Hub PublicationWhat Happens If Adam Smith Meets the Buddha?The dilemma of striving versus self-acceptance.Oct 4, 20242Oct 4, 20242
Published inThought ThinkersHow Brands Condition Us Like Pavlov’s Dogs — And What Creators Can Learn From ItIt’s time to get over your high school biology trauma and recognize how brands condition you, just like Pavlov conditioned his dogs. More…Sep 25, 2024Sep 25, 2024
Published inBooks Are Our SuperpowerMy Addiction to Steve Jobs’ Biography and How It Changed My LifeThe urge to read Steve’s biography for the fourth time this year.Sep 24, 2024Sep 24, 2024
What Writing (and Reading) Gets RightSmetzel’s tutors from books: Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, and Leonardo da VinciSep 20, 2024Sep 20, 2024
Published inThe Hub PublicationLana Del Rey Was Wrong. It’s Worth Living Even if Nobody Loves You.An Unhinged Diary Entry That Changed My Life ForeverSep 16, 20243Sep 16, 20243
Published inThought Thinkers“Can You Live Happily Without Love and Friendship?”Throughout high school, I was never the type to get into relationships. I was too focused on grinding to free myself from what I saw as the…Sep 13, 20242Sep 13, 20242
Published inBooks Are Our SuperpowerSo a Man Has S*x With a Dead Chicken Before Cooking It — What’s Wrong?An appropriately inappropriate discussion of morality. Where morals come from (hint: we (probably) didn’t reason our way to it).Sep 6, 2024Sep 6, 2024
Published inThe Taoist OnlineWhat I Learned From Listening to a Hundred Episodes of Tim Ferris’ PodcastLet’s all say thank you Tim.Aug 26, 2024Aug 26, 2024
Published inThought ThinkersHow to Matthew McConaughey Your Way to the Life You Deserve“You gotta stay relaxed. Do you jerk off?”Aug 25, 20244Aug 25, 20244
Published inThe Taoist OnlineThe Passion Paradox and Why You Shouldn’t Be PassionatePassion… it giveth and it taketh away.Aug 19, 20241Aug 19, 20241
Published inThe Hub PublicationThe Skies, Chico, They Never LieThat’s that me depresso? A story of healing.Aug 18, 20241Aug 18, 20241
Published inBooks Are Our SuperpowerAbout the Boiling Frog Syndrome (Featuring Poor Charlie’s Almanack)“…you are like a one-legged man in an ass kicking contest.”Aug 15, 20241Aug 15, 20241
Published inThe Taoist OnlineTo Catch a Minnow in a Fast-Moving StreamA short story about the strange human condition. Of love, sexuality, and loss.Aug 13, 20241Aug 13, 20241
