Tools
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Paper-First, Server-Backed: The Philosophy of North Star Productivity
A Guiding Principle Every productivity system lives or dies by its guiding principle. For North Star, the principle is simple: Think on paper; let the server do the grunt work. It’s not about chasing features or …
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Owning the Option of No Opinion
Marcus Aurelius’s reminder that you don’t need a hot take on everything—and a simple playbook to practice it.
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The Three Waves of AI Adoption in the Workplace
How fictional Creative Marketing Manager Frank shows us the three distinct stages of AI adoption happening in offices everywhere—and how to ride the wave.
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Rainy Monday, Yelapa on the Brain (and a Plan to Work From Anywhere)
After a week in Yelapa, a rainy Monday hits hard. Here’s a straight-shot plan for building location independence—whether you’re on a beach in Mexico or a lake in Missouri.
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A Practical Growth Mindset: Mind, Body, and Analog Presence
A no-hype framework for lifelong learning, durable fitness, and using analog tools to slow down time. Includes a one-page dashboard and a Plotter Bible-size insert.
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Why You Should Still Learn the Linux Command Line (Even in the Age of GUIs)
Why Bother with the Linux Command Line in a GUI-Heavy World? Sure, modern Linux distributions come with beautiful, polished graphical interfaces. You can click your way through almost anything these days. But if you stop …
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The Hypocrisy of Global Trade: How Tariffs Expose the Truth
Other countries cry foul when we impose tariffs—but they’ve been gaming the system for decades. It’s time we call out the hypocrisy and start defending American jobs.
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A Morning on the Water
We chartered a small fishing boat called the Yanet for a four-hour ride out of Yelapa—just the four of us: Ellen, Emma, Maya, and me, along with a two-man local crew who knew these waters like the back of their hands. It …