Creating from the crossroads of humanity & productivity
Marine veteran, nonprofit CEO, lawyer, and father of rambunctious boys. I've taught 1,000+ veterans how to channel their unique identities into the way they actually work and want to live.
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All writing →- 💯 100 Blogs Later - Lessons Learned & Hours Burned A reflection on what I've learned about productivity in my first 100 blog posts, and a debut of my sketching era.
- 🍳 (Not So) Burned Out Journaling—and reviewing what you've journaled—can play a powerful role in reflection and growth. For me, it's showing how steps taken by Past Ryan are helping Current Ryan.
- 💞 Do What You Love (Kinda) Seize opportunities to do projects and tasks that you are genuinely drawn towards, even if it's part of an overall job you don't "love."
- 🏃 Working on the Go Trying to get work done in the midst of heavy travel can be crazy making. It can also be invigorating, presenting unique opportunities and insights along the way. Lean in.
- 🎡 How to Build a Creativity Flywheel Five things anyone can do to jump start and sustain a creative flow
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🔄 To read, to write, to discuss...to think!
A reflection of the reasons to read, write, and discuss, all in service of deepening our capacity to truly, unmistakably think.
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🧠 In Defense of Introspection
The reflective connections made between where one was and where they are now inform where one goes next. Don't let billionaires convince you otherwise
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🙋♂️ I'm the Author, it's Me
As AI threatens to subvert the very purpose of written communication, it's important to me that you know that I, in fact, actually wrote this.
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Something worth keeping, and what I make of it.
For an individual focused on deep work, the implication is that you should identify a small number of ambitious outcomes to pursue with your deep work hours.
The Newport thesis here should resonate with anyone who has ever successfully blocked off time to really work on a project. In a world of scant attention, it really is a superpower to be able to focus.
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