Good Times is a practical guide for the curious on how to think, live, work, and feel better.

Readers get weekly letters on self-discovery, psychology, work, life, philosophy, and other learnings about living a good life.

Every letter covers one useful idea, aims to challenge your thinking in some way, and will leave you with one or two actionable, purposeful, and simple things you could try out.

My mom had a difficult life. And like an increasing number of people, she suffered from severe depression, anxiety, and loneliness. In August, it all became too much for her to carry anymore. One of the last things I learned from her was this: Understanding the world and trying to navigate a good and happy life, one where we feel a sense of true accomplishment, is hard.

For the past few years, I’ve been writing on Substack about how companies grow. But through a lot of grief, guilt, and processing, my mom has inspired me to think about what really matters. As a result, I’ve decided to shift my focus away from companies to people and write this letter instead. I know it will allow me to be far more helpful.

Not useful because I have the answers—I’m not here to preach anything to you. But useful because I’ll be learning from some of the greatest thinkers, unpacking and simplifying research, bringing clarity to complex ideas, and writing to explore my own thoughts and beliefs. This letter will be me openly sharing all of this with you—the research, concepts, and tools—in a non-bullshitty, non-superficial, and non-toxicly positive, way. 

I’ve read a lot of stuff in this arena that overpromises, blows smoke up your arse, and is written from the perspective that there’s something wrong with you that needs fixing. Like you’re not good enough, and that “guru” preaching to you from their high horse has what you need. I hate that; my mom hated that. So, this will never be that.

I value clarity, relevance, research, practicality, critical thinking, open-mindedness, the curiosity to look inward, and the willingness to study and put into practice old and new ideas. If you see things similarly, I think you’ll get a lot out of these weekly letters.

Inner work that has pushed me to think a little deeper about myself and my life, despite sometimes being uncomfortable, has been some of the most rewarding and impactful work I’ve done.

I’m excited to be here writing about it with you, with my simple goal of leading to more good times in my life, your life, and the lives of the people we care about.

Let’s let the good times roll.