How does the world work?
How can we do a better job at living in the world?
Charles Chu has been trying to find increasingly better answers for these questions since he has was 15.
In recent years, he turned to writing to explore and expand on his ideas about these questions and many, many others.…
Seven important things happened this year so far:
I changed jobs.
I started a newsletter.
I started a podcast.
I saw Seth Godin speak live.
I built new, meaningful friendships.
I quit my (new) job.
I started freelancing.*
*Actually, not yet, but I will in 2 weeks and a half.…
Decisions – they’re so pervasive in our lives, yet so difficult to make when you’re pushed and pulled in different directions. I’ve been through this countless times and maybe you have too.
That’s why this podcast episode is different: I’m changing roles, from asking questions to answering them, as Roy coaches me through an important decision I have to make.…
A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince
Having the ability to see opportunities where others don’t is a particularly freeing feeling.…
Adelina is an incredible, generous connector.
She has worked with thousands of people over the past 15 years to promote, implement and develop a culture of collaborative communication teams or people in the same team, especially on the tech side.
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They say “never meet your heroes!”, but I disagree.
I want to meet them all. If there weren’t worth meeting, then I’d be in big trouble for choosing the wrong path.
Talking to people I look up to, exploring their thought process and discovering how they handle challenges can have a powerful effect.…
There is one thing that every guest I’ve invited to the podcast has told me:
I’m not an expert on decision-making.
That’s because no one is. There are just too many variables for anyone to ever make perfect decisions all the time.…
You may not associate self-care with the hard-headed, purely rational context we often think of when talking about making decisions but that doesn’t make it any less important.
Get the resources mentioned in the show.
In fact, self-care is one of the things I’ve been focusing a lot more in the past 2 years and, lucky for me, I got to learn and a lot by following and talking to Nichole Elizabeth Demere about it!…
Louis Grenier is one of the main reasons this podcast exists. His work, his generosity, and his honesty made me take the leap.
Get the resources mentioned in the show.
I’m also forever jealous because of him because he interviewed Seth Godin (who I’m still too scared to invite to the podcast).…
Sam Mallikarjunan is one of those people whose mental clarity shines through everything he does and says. This hour-long talk is worth the listen for the sheer value of Sam’s ideas and advice.
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