A while back, a friend asked me what advice I would give to my 20-year-old self. Here’s what I wrote, and what I wish someone had told me when I was just starting out. My hope is that these suggestions offer a bit of light to anyone still searching for their footing, in their twenties or beyond.

In June 2025, I was honored to deliver my “Last Lecture” to the graduating class of the Stanford Graduate School of Business. In this year’s speech, I share the four essential steps to designing and playing a winnable game in life.

Money can buy happiness, just not in the way you think.

As 2024 draws to a close, it’s a great opportunity to reflect on what the year brought into our lives and try to better understand how our experiences have shaped us.

I have been meditating regularly for several years, and while it always helped me relax, focus, and be a bit less reactive in my normal life, I wouldn’t have called it “life-changing” — until one day in March 2020.

I was honored with the Stanford Graduate Business School’s 2024 MBA Distinguished Teaching Award and shared and gave a speech about some of the life lessons teaching has taught me.

I was honored with the Stanford Graduate Business School’s 2024 MBA Distinguished Teaching Award and shared and gave a speech about some of the life lessons teaching has taught me.

If you are looking for the smallest and quickest changes you can make to your lifestyle that will yield the largest impact on how you look — and more important, how you feel — you may be well served to focus first on your diet.

I delivered a keynote speech at the 10th Annual Booth-Kellogg Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition Conference, about the three principles of leadership and what people typically get wrong.

I was stuck in a cycle of sleepless nights and tired days, until a sleep specialist taught me the science behind restful sleep, and how to incorporate strong sleep habits into my daily routine.

Taylor is an artist, one of the best in the world in her industry, at the very top of her game. I would question how anyone could walk out of the concert not feeling inspired, even a 51-year-old guy working in private equity.

I was honored to give a Last Lecture for the Stanford Graduate School of Business Class of 2023. Read on for a summary of the message I shared, or watch the entire lecture video.

True greatness comes from the bottom of the bucket and over the years, it has become clear to me that customer acquisition is actually the second most important part of the revenue picture.

Alcohol is so mainstream — and so closely associated with celebration — that we often forget it is a depressant. Read on to understand why l gave up drinking alcohol, and why I’m rarely tempted to drink anymore.

About 90% of people fail to keep their New Year’s resolutions. Here are four of the top reasons people fail to keep their resolutions and how to change that.

I’ve learned a lot through my TikTok experience. Read on for my five biggest takeaways.

Some of the most counterintuitive parenting advice is also some of the most valuable.

Do you live in the present? Or is your brain constantly jumping between the past and the future? Mine was. Until I spent a week in a meditation retreat with a spiritual leader who taught me the power of being present. Back at home and work I’ve tried to stop overthinking and to let go.

We spend our days multitasking, switching tasks, and using valuable energy on invaluable things. What if you could better manage your time to focus on the big, important priorities of your life?

What are your odds of being alive at this exact time in history? How much of success is determined by luck?