"The written word endures, the spoken word disappears; that is why writing is closer to the truth than speaking." —Neal Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death Written text gets reviewed before being shared. Important pieces go through editors. Claims can be checked, compared against other sources, and referenced. The great texts of history get revisited again and again, the bad ones fade. Speech has its own strengths: immediacy, emotion, meaning in articulation that is lost in text. But spoken w...

For the past few months, I have been training as hard as I possibly can for the New York Hyrox competition. Up to ten workout sessions a week. Every meal calculated. Sleep scheduled like surgery. No alcohol. Every variable optimized. This effort has given me something that cannot be bought or borrowed: appreciation. Now when I watch Hyrox elites compete, I see with different eyes. What once looked merely impressive now appears miraculous. Because I know what it feels like to push a heavy sled...

I do my best proofreading after I hit send. We all know the moment right after clicking send when we suddenly see the typo or think of a better way to say something. Something about that final action makes us see our work more clearly. But this is exactly why sharing messy, half-finished ideas is important. When we try to put thoughts into words, we're forced to see what's really there versus what we thought was there. We don't spot the holes in our thinking until we try to explain it to some...

There’s a gym in New York quietly reinventing the fitness industry. It’s called The Athletic Clubs, and its core innovation is simple: “squads.” Squads are fixed groups of about 20 people who train together at the same time twice a week, then grab coffee afterward. Show up consistently and your squad becomes a group of close friends. It adds a team-like dynamic to your workouts that makes the routine feel more meaningful. This flips the traditional gym model, where the best customers are the ...