BIG ANNOUNCEMENT: I'm writing a book and publishing it on Substack

Have you ever felt that gnawing suspicion that there must be a better way?

That beneath all the grinding, the pushing, the sacrificing—there's a path to extraordinary achievement and growth that doesn't require you to wage a constant war against yourself?

I spent 15 years believing the gospel of hustle, squeezing every hour from my calendar and pushing myself to exhaustion. And I achieved "success"—building a million-dollar social impact company and winning three entrepreneur of the year awards before I turned 30. The only problem was that I felt empty, drained, and wondering what was wrong with me for not enjoying the journey. Moreover, I couldn’t reconcile the two parts of my life—maximizing the productivity of every second at work and being fully present with my family and myself.

Hitting this low inspired me to become a full-time explorer.

I spent the next 10 years reading hundreds of studies while being mentored in hundreds of sessions by master coaches on the topics of:

• The paradigms, habits, and methods of extraordinarily impactful achievers across arts, science, leadership, and innovation—from Einstein and Edison, to Bezos and Buffett, to Dalio and da Vinci, to Curie and Cartland, to many others.
• The topics of meta-learning, psychology, motivation, neuroscience, mental models, productivity, goal setting, creativity, systems theory, network science, and much more.
• Various diverse modalities of personal transformation and fulfillment (somatic therapies, NLP, psychedelics, Internal Family Systems, developmental psychology, and more).

Over time, I synthesized the dots into a new paradigm of effortless achievement that changed my life and will hopefully transform yours too.

After burning out in 2014, I transformed my entire career paradigm—from "grow as big and fast as possible" to "surf the edge of my own evolving curiosity." The results have been transformative:

• I now spend 90% of my days following my curiosities, learning, reflecting, and expressing ideas
• I genuinely feel like a kid in a candy store every day, spending most of my time in flow
• I've built a business that scales ideas rather than employees, impacting thousands of people
• I'm actually making more money and impact than when I started my day focused on it

I didn't think this lifestyle was possible until I read about Warren Buffett's schedule, via his longtime business partner Charlie Munger:

You look at his schedule sometimes and there's a haircut. Tuesday, haircut day. That's what created one of the world's most successful business records in history.

When I first read these words over 10 years ago, I couldn’t imagine how the CEO of one of the largest companies in the world could spend 80% of his time reading and thinking.

But, they were enough to give me inspiration. Over the following years, I slowly reclaimed my schedule, and I can honestly now say that I have a "Buffett Schedule."

Today, I'm sharing the first chapter of my new book, INFINITE DEVOTION, which catalogues this journey. The book includes:

• 20+ curated video clips
• 80+ academic study and book citations
• Insights across 10+ fields (psychology, neuroscience, creativity, AI, etc)
• 20+ exemplar case studies from throughout history

As a writer, I've probably been asked 100+ times when I'm going to write my next book. I always balked at this question, because I didn't want to write a book just to write a book. I wanted to write a book about something that deserved to be a book.

Well, this idea deserves to be a book!

And, it begins with a paradox embodied by the greatest chess player in history...

Visit my Substack to read Chapter 1 >>