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The best books I read in 2024

The numbers behind my first year as an independent journalist

The life hack of growing up with smart friends

Prioritize interesting work so you can work on interesting things

Inexperience is a superpower

How reading fuels my writing

Why I bet my career on the collapse of legacy media

Red tape kills ideas

Takeaways from Fulbright Germany

A Mad Men dinner in New York City

Wisdom sneaks up on you

You are reading the news wrong

How to be the best in the world at anything

You're telling the same story over and over

Building a startup is never a losing bet

Full-time side hustles

The Story of the Best Financial Newsletter in the World

Unfair advantages

Everything after this moment will be different (and better)

Book List

Why I'm building a news startup during the media apocalypse

Journalists Club is where reporters and media pros go to make friends IRL

Lessons from my mother

Creativity is what you do for other people

You can do a lot more than you think in a single month

The best stories come from blind spots

The media landscape is fracturing like never before

Write yourself into the job you actually want

Obvious does not mean universal

The life-changing magic of working on multiple projects at the same time

The 10,000-hour rule is not a myth. This photo proves it.

The long tail of volume

How to become excellent at anything you want

I'm launching an independent media outlet

Use risk for adrenaline and ambition to move mountains

What happens when life changes overnight?

I just quit my dream job

The secret to unlimited opportunities and doing work you love

What I learned writing 2,000 articles for Business Insider

What every high-achiever actually does to look like an 'overnight success'

Don’t look for community. Build it.

What Intellectuals Get Wrong: Takeaways from Rob Henderson's 'Troubled' and lunch with the author

Getting good at the wrong thing costs you more than you think

How I Write: romanticized work, absurd output, and new ideas

ChatGPT will never replace great writers

This is how to build a life you love

The story you tell yourself will change your life (talent won't save you)

How to be prolific (the secret to supersonic growth)

99% of Gen Z thinks about careers the wrong way (do this instead)

The future is built on optimism (huge if true)