[This article has anything from a 0/10 to a 10/10 Woo Rating; you get to decide]. Over the last three years, things have started to get really weird in my life. Curiosity is my brand. I believe it reflects a relationship with a benign evolutionary force. That said,
[This article has a 7/10 Woo Rating] Last month, The Onion published a satirical article titled “Pentagon Warns China Developing Love, The Greatest Weapon Of All.” “The alert, issued to the American public and top U.S. allies, stated that China had made significant advances in love, a transcendent
[This article has a 4/10 Woo Rating] Somebody once told me that if you wanted to hack engagement on Financial Twitter (“FinTwit”) you simply had to favourably compare yourself to Warren Buffett. And it’s true, the Sage of Omaha is the God-king of American capitalism. I witnessed the
[This article has an 8/10 Woo Rating] The Cave of Consensus is where we can all safely explore the known world. With the candle of our awareness in hand, we wander the Cave collecting knowledge. We can learn facts about history, geography, politics, finance and technology. We can also
[This article has a 3/10 woo rating and is a ~4 minute read] This piece is short, because I’d rather you get the full experience of a special conversation, rather than just read an article about it. Philip Shepherd is a teacher and author on the topic of
[This article has an 8/10 Woo Rating] Ky Dickens’ podcast series The Telepathy Tapes emerged from nowhere to become the #1 podcast in America. For those who haven’t had time to listen yet, the series claims that certain non-speaking autistic children are demonstrating psychic gifts, ranging from telepathy
[This conversation has a 3/10 Woo Rating] I don’t know much about meditation and I don’t have a consistent meditation practice. Which is a little embarrassing as someone who writes and talks a lot about spiritual-ish topics. New Year’s seems like a good time to explore
[This article has a 10/10 Woo Rating] At the start of this year I decided to leave finance so that I could explore leading edge topics with greater freedom. It’s going to be pretty funny if the topic with the highest woo rating ends up being the one
A short story about bravery [This article has a 5/10 Woo Rating] The House in the Field In the book The Untethered Soul, there’s an allegory about a man who finds himself in a gorgeous location in a sunny field. He decides to build his dream home there.
[This article has a 9.5/10 Woo Rating] A silent revolution is unfolding that’s uniquely invisible to the intellectual elite. This means that those we’ve previously charged with explaining the world to us are suddenly the least able to understand it. It’s why every narrowly-focused think-piece
[This article has a 7.5/10 woo rating] Money is interesting. But most writing about money is boring. So I recently asked my Twitter followers: “have you ever read anything that changed the way you thought about money?” My question went viral and got over 3 million views. One
[This article has a 7/10 Woo Rating] I’ve spent the last 20 years working in the City of London, on Wall Street and in Ultra-High-Net-Worth wealth management. To be honest, financial markets have never really interested me, but the people always have. For the last few years I’
This post is the second half of a remarkable conversation with master coach Brian Whetten. Part 1 diagnosed the problem of “repressed special.” This refers to the specific problems encountered by intelligent and successful people embarking on a spiritual path. Greater awareness and spirituality makes you more powerful. When you
If you’re a successful and intelligent person pursuing a more spiritual life path, you should listen to this. If you’re a successful and intelligent person pursuing a more spiritual career path, you MUST listen to this. This is one of the most interesting conversations I’ve ever had.
How much attention are you paying to one of the primary drivers of your health and happiness? You’re about to find out. I’ve always been uncomfortable with hierarchies of development and consciousness. Talking about “higher” or “lower” consciousness just seems to be a sneaky way to reinforce isolation
I’ve spent the whole of this year working on the Accelerating Wisdom Series that concluded a couple of weeks ago. I am now absolutely certain that the deliberate pursuit of wisdom is the most important thing that we pay virtually no attention to.1 As I reflected on the
The Accelerating Wisdom series concluded this last weekend. Over the course of this year I’ve interviewed 8 world-class experts across a wide range of topics. One of the primary goals was to emerge with practical tips and tools that could enhance both your wisdom and your daily wellbeing. Because
What you think, matters.
The world is speaking to you, it just isn’t using words
How do we improve the quality of attention we pay to those we love the most?
A manual for the evolution of consciousness
If there’s a core theme in the pursuit of wisdom, it's the need for constant “rebirths.”
“Intelligence is the function of intellect, wisdom is the function of embodiment.”
The most life-changing topic I’ve ever explored