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Steve Schwartzberg: from Harvard psychologist to erotic healer
A radical shift from the ivory towers of academia to the frontiers of human intimacy. Discover the unconventional path to healing the mind through the body.
The Days are Long but the Decades are Short
A high-speed distillation of life's most brutal truths and essential wisdom. Discover why most people overestimate what they can do in a day but underestimate a decade.
For Babies: Things You Need and Don't
A thoughtful reflection on parenting essentials, contrasting the minimalist needs of a baby with the consumerist culture surrounding modern childcare.
68 Bits of Unsolicited Advice
A popular list of 68 concise, insightful pieces of advice on living well, being productive, and treating others, originally posted on the author's 68th birthday.
103 Bits of Advice I Wish I Had Known
A collection of 103 life lessons and practical wisdom shared by Kevin Kelly on his 70th birthday, covering topics from relationships to work ethic.
The Price of Discipline
Beyond the glitz of Grand Slam trophies lies a hidden world of "toxic fire," where the world’s greatest athlete was actually a prisoner to a game he despised. From the quiet drugging of restless children to the high-stakes "knife fight" of Ivy League admissions, a modern epidemic of soul-crushing compliance is pushing the human spirit to its breaking point.
Writing is Thinking: Learning to Write with Confidence
Shutterstock Explore Behind every viral blog post and high-performing team lies a hidden battle against the "Resistance," where self-doubt is actually your greatest ally. What if the agony of the blank page isn't a lack of talent, but a failure to decouple the chaotic energy of thinking from the discipline of the pen? By transforming writing from a dreaded chore into a "Thinking and Writing" (TAW) flywheel, the impossible becomes familiar and the vague becomes clarified. Forget the "one-sitting" miracle; the true secret is a six-stage ritual that dances between passive ideation and active execution. With over 19,000 revisions on a single piece, the evolution of a great article is less like a sprint and more like a slow, deliberate excavation of quality. Step inside the "Idea Ikigai" to discover the precise intersection where your unique contribution meets the internet’s deepest, unmet needs.
How to Be Great? Just Be Good, Repeatably
The Myth of the Flash: Why Greatness is Just "Good" on Repeat What if the secret to elite success isn't a stroke of genius, but a stubborn commitment to the "boring" and the predictable? Behind every "overnight" sensation lies a grueling series of hidden nodes, where the only difference between failure and fame is refusing to quit during the "local minimum." We are obsessed with hunting for secrets and shortcuts, yet the most certain path to the top is a simple, relentless habit of progression. From Salesperson B’s compounding millions to the "quantity" photographers who accidentally stumbled onto perfection, the data proves that action beats speculation every time. Can you survive the "Hedonic Treadmill" long enough to see two levels out, where opportunities you can't even imagine yet finally begin to surface? Stop looking for greatness in a single moment—discover how to fall in love with the process and become the outlier simply by staying in the game.
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