Themes

Resilience & Growth

Failure, patience, and compounding. Burning the ships, staying an amateur long enough to get good, learning from other people’s mistakes so you can skip a few of your own, and continuing to swim when the water is cold.

14 letters

  1. The Cost Of Becoming: Fee Or Fine? Life's Only Constant Is Change. (Pt. 2) Letter No. 112 · Aug 19, 2026 · Life's Only Constant Is Change, part 2
  2. You Have Permission To Change Life's Only Constant Is Change. (Pt. 1) Letter No. 111 · Aug 12, 2026 · Life's Only Constant Is Change, part 1
  3. Life's Tough, Get A Helmet. Not Average, Not Special, Still Unique. Letter No. 98 · May 14, 2026
  4. The Beauty Of Being An Amateur What Pilates Taught Me About Beginning. Letter No. 86 · Feb 19, 2026
  5. Bitter For A Moment, Better For A Lifetime: Harnessing Inner Turtle Power. Letter No. 65 · Sep 24, 2025
  6. Don’t Shoot The Messenger. Some Truths Take Years To Land. Letter No. 63 · Sep 10, 2025
  7. Flour, Fire, and Failure: Master Pastry Chef Lessons What The Kitchen Teaches About Failure. Letter No. 62 · Sep 3, 2025
  8. Newton Was Wrong, And No One Noticed Not Everything Has An Equal Reaction. Letter No. 41 · Apr 9, 2025
  9. 3 Reasons To NOT Give Up Slow And Steady Still Wins. Letter No. 34 · Feb 19, 2025
  10. The 8th Wonder Of The World. Compounding, According To Ryan Holiday. Letter No. 25 · Dec 19, 2024
  11. Just Keep Swimming Dory Said It Best. Letter No. 19 · Nov 8, 2024
  12. Success Is 3 Mistakes Away Know What Not To Do. Letter No. 16 · Oct 16, 2024
  13. Stop "Only" Learning From Your Mistakes Learn From Other People's Too. Letter No. 8 · Aug 14, 2024
  14. Lessons From A Freshman That's A Wrap. Letter No. 1 · Jun 24, 2024

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