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A different and better way to live
An exposition of the "builder's mindset" and its contraries
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It's Time to Build the Builders
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The builder's mindset: a way out of the "drill sergeant" / "Zen master" dichotomy
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Death is the default
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Being entrepreneurial about entrepreneurship
A conversation with David Booth of On Deck
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Israel and Hamas—through a builder’s lens
A conversation with two friends.
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The best way to build yourself is to build
There’s a phenomenon most therapists have been confronted with, but few explicitly identify or discuss (partly because it’s hard to know what to say…
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Blake Scholl is re-inventing air travel by re-inventing himself
A candid interview with the founder and CEO of Boom Supersonic
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In celebration of 2000 subscribers: come join + grow the "Builder's Mindset" community
Because it's better to build with friends
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Raising humanity's psychological ceiling
Why tech founders are an underserved population, and why we should all care more than we do.
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A nation of, by, and for builders
...if we can keep it
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Building the Builders
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