Correspondence Over Comments
A few of you have written lately wondering why Field Notes doesn't have comments. It's a fair question. Comments are baked into nearly every
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My public notebook. Reflections on work, craft, and life.
When Friendships Complete
Last winter, one of my Substack readers wrote me with a question that comes up all the time with my coaching clients. She asked how I rebuilt my
The Lottery We Already Won
About a decade ago I stumbled upon The Accidental Universe by MIT physicist and writer Alan Lightman. I devoured it in a weekend, and I return to it
The Whip and the Sugar Cube
This year, I'm reading The Path of Individual Liberation with my sangha. It's a 600-page tome by Chögyam Trungpa on the Hinayana, the
When Nobody’s Watching
Every time I sit down to write one of these notes, it dawns on me that not many people are going to see or engage with them. Field
My Truth Was a Defense
Over the weekend, walking through downtown Northampton, Massachusetts, I passed this utility box: Truth is powerful and will prevail. I believe that, maybe now more than ever, in
The Day I Became a Coach
In late 2017, just months after I left RRE Ventures and was navigating the liminal space between careers, I sat in an empty Starbucks in suburban Boston with
My First World Cup
In the summer of 1994, at Camp Bauercrest, I watched Brazil beat Italy in a penalty shootout to win the World Cup. I was just fourteen, and I
The Balls You're Juggling Don't Exist
A few weeks ago I woke up on a Monday with a sense of dread. My body felt heavy and constricted, and all I wanted was to stay
My Own Tiny Corner of The Internet
I've had a love-hate relationship with social media since COVID. After years of being active on X, LinkedIn, and Substack, I've decided I
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