Productivity Traps: Rewards – Chasing Dopamine
This is the second article in a series I'm calling Productivity Traps. The first one was about discipline. I talked about how discipline is biased, how doing hard things only…
This is the second article in a series I'm calling Productivity Traps. The first one was about discipline. I talked about how discipline is biased, how doing hard things only…
This is the first article in a series I'm calling Productivity Traps. The idea is simple. There's a lot of generic advice floating around about productivity, mental health, and getting…
This article is personal for me. It's actually the whole reason I started The Wandering Pro. The whole reason I've put so much effort into building a community, writing these…
The Baseline Has Risen I was complaining to a friend about AI-generated documentation. As someone who writes a lot, I find it annoying. Everything is ten lines of explanation when…
Hunting for Opportunities There are two modes of finding work. When you have money, you buy. Paid job boards. Premium subscriptions. Lead generation tools. Recruiters. You trade cash for access…
When you transition from a corporate job to freelancing, the biggest shift isn't the work itself. It's realizing that working with clients is fundamentally different than working in a company.…
This is part two of a series on writing. If you haven't read the first part on why writing matters and how to get started, start here: The First 100…
Most people consume content their entire lives and never create anything. They read articles. They watch videos. They scroll through feeds. They absorb information constantly. And then they wonder why…
At some point in your career, inspiration dries out. You follow all the right people. You read the newsletters. You watch the videos. You scroll through the feeds. And slowly,…
The greatest confusion in the services industry is not understanding the difference between "how" and "what." The how is where everyone focuses.The how is what's sold to clients. The how…