andrewschutt

I had a friend in high school whose parents didn’t let him do anything. In other words, he couldn’t get drunk on the weekend and do stupid kid things.   (we’re getting to guns, don’t [...]

Life doesn’t always go according to plan.   This evening I was supposed to write. Instead, I went out to dinner and drinks with my wife.   Do I regret it?   Abso-fuckin-lutely not.   [...]

Girard said that imitation is inevitable. So who should we imitate?   And it’s just not a question of who to imitate, but how to imitate them, as well.   If you’re trying to figure [...]

Why go to grad school?   A lot of Harvard MBS students would say investment banking. It’s practical and lucrative.   But on a scale of ”doing it for the money” to ”investment banking is [...]

I think it’s fairly safe to say that my greatest misjudgement in life (thus far) was religion.   I was a curious kid (and still am), so when I started going to Sunday school I [...]

I’ve seen countless articles and tweets on the topic of “good writing.” So and I have a question:   Who the hell gets to decide what good writing is?   Is there a writing god [...]

I think we can learn a lot from quirky and intelligent people. One such person is Tyler Cowen.   On David Perell’s podcast recently, Tyler was asked about obscure topics ranging from ice cream preferences, [...]

As Mr. Krabs says, “the money is always right!” He's not entirely wrong - there’s something to this.   In 1998, Derek Sivers started a company called CD Baby, a music distribution company for artists. [...]

You know who plays hockey? Hockey players.   Know who cuts hair? Hairdressers and barbers.   Who designs furniture? Furniture designers.   That’s all you need to know to start a habit and stick with [...]

The biggest thing I’ve taken from the Ship 30 for 30 program thus far is establishing a daily writing habit. Hands down.   I’ve been thinking a lot about producing versus consuming lately and I’m [...]