Overthinking

Sacrifice the Exciting Day to Actually Have One

One of my greatest feelings of disappointment in myself came from moments at the end of the day when I would look back. I would…

Not Moving Fast Enough to Trust Yourself

I used to scroll my life away playing video games and on social media… and now I spend 10 to 12 hours a day pursuing my dreams…

The Tab You Open When It Gets Quiet

Airbnb is blocked on all my devices, and not because there's anything wrong with Airbnb. The first time I remember being uneasy…

Your Scrolling Is Protecting You From Choosing

My scrolling was protecting me from something, and it took me a long time to see what. I studied electrical engineering, worked…

Overwhelm Isn't Something You Wait Out

I can still see the study hall down the hall from my freshman dorm, sun coming up, Bound 2 by Kanye in my ears, a physics exam…

Small Silly Actions Beat Your Endless Research

I've got a cup here with the iAlign filter drawn on it in sharpie. I made it in a cafe in 2023 when a friend asked what I was…

Ask For Help Years Before You Think You Should

I wish I learned this lesson at an earlier age, ' cause I think it would've saved me so much more time. Not even just so much…

That Best Years Line Is Just Giving Up

A friend of mine looked me in the eyes in our fraternity house in college and told me these are going to be the best years of our…

Helping 1 Billion People Make One Value-Based Decision a Day

I was having a cozy Friday morning reading my 2030 vision statement for iAlign, and instead of just reading it to myself I put it…

Why Is It So Hard To Quit Procrastination and Overthinking?

You know exactly what you should be doing. You could probably explain the path out better than the people who study it. And…

Is It A Character Flaw Or Missing Tools?

The reframe that changed my life was this one. Procrastinating, overthinking, scrolling my phone, those aren't character flaws…

You Never Gave Them the Chance to Say No

A guy I coach was telling me he feels isolated. Not fitting in, not really heard, a little alone in it. And as we pulled the…

The iAlign Filter and the Prioritization Protocol

I remember when I first started building iAlign, which is my company. It's a combination of performance and personal-development…

This Is Your World Cup

I read a lot of biographies, mostly of people I find kind of inspiring, and athletes come up a lot, because the way the great…

Would a Billion Dollars Fix Your Turkey Sandwich?

I was driving down Highway 29 in Napa, and I stopped off the side of the road on a small countryside road that split through a…

The Physics Teacher Who Quit

Alignment Discipline. You've tried being more disciplined. It doesn't really work, does it? It's Thursday-you versus Monday-you…

The Habit Never Dies, It Just Gets Quieter

You're not going to like the first point of this, I promise. So stick around for the second half, because I promise it will come…

Large goals are accomplished with small decisive uncomfortable actions

The reality is that any large goal or dream is really just the consequence of thousands of small actions. Many of those actions…

Admit The Mess And Climb The Curve Faster

Precision is created through iteration I had a friend ask me recently about some advice and details of the advertising side of my…

You Get To Decide This Is Rock Bottom

When I was 23 I got fat and found myself questioning my life while huffing and puffing on the side of a volcano in Northern…

Locking in

If locking in is all you think you need to do in order to achieve your goals, you're probably screwed. I've seen this. I've seen…

The Week You Overcommit Is A Pop Quiz

I am currently over committed as far as the number of work hours that I'm capable of putting in are concerned. This puts me in an…

Stop overthinking by starting to design a filter

How Many Backup Laptops Is Too Many

I am writing this on my potato of an old ass laptop because I just spilled water all over my new laptop in a remote town in…

The Decision Took Two Seconds And Two Years

Smart, systems minded people like engineers and scientists think their greatest asset is their ability to think and that exact…

What is evidence based living?

I'm a big believer in practicing what I preach, I just recorded a video on evidence-based living, which is my philosophy for…

You Will Choose Wrong. Start Anyway.

Large goals are accomplished with small decisive uncomfortable actions A while ago now, I left a job as an engineer and research…

Cafe

This is not some white-washed United States gringo-bashing of South American infrastructure, just to be clear – I’m currently…

How to find freedom

If freedom is important to you, if you value it, but it constantly feels like it’s evading you, you are probably seeking it in…

Prioritization Question Response

Recently I was asked about prioritization and a 70 hour work week: “How are you deciding where those 70 hours should be…

Nine Thousand Hours Of Practice You Skipped

I have a pretty hot take on the current state of relationships in the world, There is a large discrepancy between what people…

Your phone isn’t winning your environment is

The meaning of willpower quite literally demonstrates why it is not an effective methodology for creating lasting change. The…

The 10:43 PM Decision That's Stealing Your Future

I’ve spent more hours than I’d like to admit in the 'fuck it' moment… That specific moment where your brain just stops fighting…

Stuck Because Standards

Right now, you are not stuck because you lack motivation. You are stuck because you do not have a standard for what deserves your…

Your Focus Is Fine. You Never Start.

Your capacity to focus is failing you. However, and you know this already, you’re actually quite good at focusing once you get…

There is Another Way

Disclaimer: This post is only available for you on my email right now. You won’t find it anywhere else because it’s only for the…

You think “giving it your all” is going to take you far in life.

You think “giving it your all” is going to take you far in life. And you’re both right… and wrong. Because your concept of…

Actions Matter

When it comes to getting your work done, there are: 1. Things that don’t matter 2. Things that matter Let me help you break this…

Stop Wavering. Set A Three Minute Timer.

This is how you assess your current priorities in life through action. Without this practice, you may continue to just waver…

Observer Seat

What’s your first impression of the following series of thoughts?: "discomfort" "that tiktok i just watched" "insecurity"…

Compulsive Phone Usage

The reason why you can’t stop scrolling your phone is because you’re arrogant. You think for some reason that your little animal…

No Pity for Anything Ever

This mantra was actually born out of a personal fear when I was younger. You know that quiet voice that says, “I wish something…