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1,000 Leaps

My public notebook on remarkable people and thought-provoking ideas. Targeting 1,000 posts by end of 2025.

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Apr 28

#162 | Embrace the Shake

Uncategorized
Apr 25

#161 | Toni Morrison

How Writers Write
Mar 31

#160 | Andrea Bocelli

Beginnings
Feb 19

#159 | Work
Feb 19

#158 | Courage to Change

Musician
Feb 18

#157 | James Rhodes: ‘Find what you love and let it kill you’

Musician
Feb 12

#156 | Curation of meaningful, evergreen ideas

How Writers Write
Feb 5

#155 | It made a difference to that one

[73] Accept the call
Feb 4

#154 | The early morning magic

Musician
Feb 3

#153 | Octavia Butler, Use What You Have

How Writers Write, [39] COLLECT: Everything is material
Feb 2

#152 | Shades for people we don’t know

[92] SHADES: Leave behind for people we don’t know
Jan 15

#151 | There’s 7 billion people. And there’s you.

Musician, [49] VOICE: Add your own unique spin.
Jan 14

#150 | Hemingway Bridge and Mozart’s departure points

Uncategorized, [48] Hemingway Bridge
Jan 13

#149 | Quantity precedes quality

[40] GENERATE: Create a huge volume of work
Jan 13

#148 | Write a bunch, scrap a bunch

Musician, [40] GENERATE: Create a huge volume of work
Jan 10

#147 | Janitorial work for tuition

Academic, How To Keep Going, Politician, [23] EMBRACE THE CONSTRAINTS: What’s in the way is the way.
Jan 9

#146 | The pro without success yet

How To Keep Going, How Writers Write, [24] PERSIST: Success is a long game.
Jan 8

#145 | A journey whose final destination we do not know

How Writers Write, Spiritual Leader, [68] MOVE AND SEE: The path emerges as you walk.
Jan 7

#144 | Ideas flow when we make the work our own

Artist, How To Keep Going, Painter, [10] MIX: Breakthroughs come from blending ideas, [68] MOVE AND SEE: The path emerges as you walk.
Jan 6

#143 | One word at a time

How To Keep Going, How Writers Write, [66] CONSISTENCY: Slow but steady
Jan 3

#142 | BBQ Sauce Day

How To Keep Going, Pivots, Storyteller, [95] REFRAME: Change the story
Jan 2

#141 | The symphony within us

How Writers Write, [68] MOVE AND SEE: The path emerges as you walk.
Dec 26

#140 | Life is a sum of what we focus on

Athletes, [30] FOCUS: Attention is power
Dec 15

#139 | Poco a poco

How To Keep Going, Personal Reflection, [66] CONSISTENCY: Slow but steady
Dec 12

#138 | Global or local?

How Writers Write
Dec 10

#137 | How lobsters grow

Growth
Dec 5

#136 | Steve Jobs: “I have changed my position 180 degrees.”

Businessperson, Technologist
Dec 3

#135 | All ideas are secondhand

Athletes, How Writers Write
Nov 28

#134 | Start with the first bird

How to Get Started
Nov 27

#133 | Faith, not belief

How Writers Write, Philosopher, Spiritual Leader
Nov 23

#132 | Loudly reject 99%

How Writers Write
Nov 22

#131 | What you see

Artist, How Writers Write
Nov 21

#130 | Genius sometimes

How Writers Write
Nov 20

#129 | Focus

How Writers Write
Nov 19

#128 | What writers sell

How Writers Write
Nov 18

#127 | The same thing without repeating

Cartoonist
Nov 17

#126 | Car mechanics

Personal Reflection
Nov 16

#125 | Michelle Obama: What tools are for

How To Keep Going, How Writers Write, Politician
Nov 15

#124 | Stendal: Don’t wait to become a genius

How to Get Started, How To Keep Going, How Writers Write, [40] GENERATE: Create a huge volume of work
Nov 14

#123 | Will you be a driver or a passenger?

How To Keep Going, [68] MOVE AND SEE: The path emerges as you walk.
Nov 13

#122 | Good writing doesn’t come naturally

How To Keep Going, How Writers Write
Nov 12

#121 | Give it now, spend it all

How Writers Write
Nov 11

#120 | Be a verb

How To Keep Going
Nov 10

#119 | Night

Personal Reflection
Nov 9

#118 | What grips your soul

How Writers Write, Spiritual Leader
Nov 8

#117 | When there is no finish line

Athletes, How To Keep Going
Nov 7

#116 | How Robert Greene reads

How Writers Write
Nov 6

#115 | Artist Dates

How to Get Started, How Writers Write
Nov 5

#114 | Never shall I forget

How To Keep Going, How Writers Write
Nov 4

#113 | Don’t staple manuscripts

How To Keep Going, How Writers Write
Nov 3

#112 | Untold story

Activist, How To Keep Going, How Writers Write
Nov 2

#111 | Daniel Pink’s 7 Rules for Writing

How To Keep Going, How Writers Write
Nov 1

#110 | BJ Miller: Electrocuted by 11,000 volts

Doctor, How To Keep Going
Oct 31

#109 | The sign of a great writer

How To Keep Going, Musician
Oct 30

#108 | Hayao Miyazaki: Blow a new wind

Animator, Filmmaker, How to Get Started, How To Keep Going, Pivots
Oct 29

#107 | Rules over decisions

Personal Reflection
Oct 28

#106 | The discovery of DNA’s double helix structure

How To Keep Going, Scientist
Oct 27

#105 | How Post-It Notes Were Created

How To Keep Going, Inventor, Scientist
Oct 26

#104 | Better Call Saul

Actor, Comedians, How To Keep Going
Oct 25

#103 | From music composer to Mr Rogers

How To Keep Going, Television Personality
Oct 24

#102 | 1984

Activist, How Writers Write
Oct 23

#101 | Jesse Owen: More Than Medals

Athletes, How To Keep Going
Oct 22

#100 | Frida Kahlo: From Pain to Paintbrush

Artist, How To Keep Going, Painter
Oct 21

#99 | Nothing is truly wretched, but our thinking makes it so

How To Keep Going, Philosopher
Oct 20

#98 | Snoopy’s creator

Artist, Cartoonist, How To Keep Going, Personal Reflection
Oct 19

#97 | No Mud, No Lotus

Activist, How To Keep Going, Spiritual Leader
Oct 18

#96 | How Conan O’Brien Uses Disappointments

Comedians, How To Keep Going
Oct 17

#95 | The Happiest Man on Earth

Holocaust Survivor, How To Keep Going, How Writers Write
Oct 16

#94 | When Breath Becomes Air

Doctor, How To Keep Going
Oct 15

#93 | I feel like writing

How to Get Started, How Writers Write
Oct 14

#92 | 90-year-old Japanese alpinist

Adventurer, How To Keep Going
Oct 13

#91 | Limitations don’t define your life

How To Keep Going, How Writers Write
Oct 12

#90 | How Trader Joe’s Curate

Businessperson, Companies, Entrepreneur, How to Get Started
Oct 11

#89 | Go where there is no path

How To Keep Going, How Writers Write, Philosopher
Oct 10

#88 | You can’t control everything

Businessperson, How To Keep Going
Oct 9

#87 | Art eyes

Designer, How To Keep Going
Oct 8

#86 | Creativity is like breathing

Cartoonist, How To Keep Going
Oct 7

#85 | The Last Lecture

Academic, How To Keep Going
Oct 6

#84 | The Gardening Approach to Writing (and Life)

How To Keep Going, Personal Reflection
Oct 5

#83 | Michelle Branch on Authenticity

How To Keep Going, Musician
Oct 4

#82 | Charles Schulz’s creative process

Cartoonist, How To Keep Going, [40] GENERATE: Create a huge volume of work
Oct 3

#81 | How Tony and Maureen Wheeler started Lonely Planet

Adventurer, How to Get Started, How To Keep Going, How Writers Write
Oct 2

#80 | Jerry Seinfeld’s recipe for success: 40 years of note-taking

Comedians, How To Keep Going
Oct 1

#79 | Taylor Swift’s creative secret

How to Get Started, How To Keep Going, Musician
Sep 30

#78 | All life is an experiment

How to Get Started, How To Keep Going, How Writers Write
Sep 29

#77 | The paradox of commitment

How To Keep Going, Personal Reflection
Sep 28

#76 | 127 Hours

Bold moves, How To Keep Going, Mountaineer
Sep 27

#75 | Find your purpose through action

How To Keep Going, How Writers Write
Sep 26

#74 | It took 40 years to find my passion

Chef, How to Get Started, How To Keep Going, How Writers Write
Sep 25

#73 | Losing a wife, a daughter, and a son

How To Keep Going, Politician
Sep 24

#72 | Cook the food you want to eat

Chef, How to Get Started
Sep 23

#71 | A life dedicated to sushi

Chef, How To Keep Going
Sep 22

#70 | Doctor turned comedian

Comedians, Doctor, How to Get Started, Pivots
Sep 21

#69 | Picasso’s secret

Artist, How To Keep Going, [40] GENERATE: Create a huge volume of work
Sep 20

#68 | Empty your cup

Actor, How to Get Started, How To Keep Going, Martial Artist
Sep 19

#67 | Find a subject you care about

How to Get Started, How To Keep Going, How Writers Write
Sep 18

#66 | Killer tastes + huge volume of work

Journalist, [40] GENERATE: Create a huge volume of work
Sep 17

#65 | Revert to the training

Athletes, How To Keep Going
Sep 16

#64 | Writing is hard work

How to Get Started, How To Keep Going, How Writers Write
Sep 15

#63 | Hatching beautiful ideas

Academic, Pivots, Scientist

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