personal archaeology
Resonance Reviews
A technique for discerning the wisdom of the body amidst the noise of the intellect
Writing
personal archaeology
Manic Mind Dumps
A practice for riding the wave of intuition and inspiration
personal archaeology
Freespeaking
On using your voice to explore the depths of your inner world.
personal archaeology
Targeted Inquiry
A repeatable process for peeling back the layers of your inner world, and discovering what matters most.
personal archaeology
Notes on Freewriting
My favorite tool/practice for coming into deeper relationship with yourself
Foundations
The Real Work
Out beyond notions of economic utility and optimization, there is a forest. I will meet you there
Foundations
Creative Individuation
On becoming more fully yourself in your creative work
Foundations
The Pattern
Or, why the internet feels so utterly fucked
Foundations
Welcome to The Forest
What the hell is this place?
Work In Public
The questions that bring me alive
Two creative containers with inquisitive roots that go deep
Containers of Aliveness
Instead of niching yourself into a prison, find the questions that bring you alive, and live them.
1,000 true fans
The perils of niching down
The way we're taught to pursue 1,000 true fans is broken
trust-based marketing
Measuring what matters
An experiment in rethinking ''data-driven marketing" from first principles
trust-based marketing
The daily invitation
My first big experiment in non-coercive marketing
Building a more beautiful internet (part 1)
Growth ideology, 1,000 true fans, and a vision for the future of artisanal digital business
Oasis Building
An Ungated Case Study
Sam Sager's journey into authentic creativity, oasis building, and self-trust
Oasis Building
The more beautiful internet our hearts know is possible
A manifesto for the proliferation of digital oases
Digital local business
Bringing the ethos of small, local business back into the infinite digital world