Archive - The Conversation Starter

Own your observations

When listening goes too far

16 hrs ago •

June 2025

You’re socially out of shape

Why aren’t you training your social muscles?

Jun 25 •

Go find a real coach

It’s not support if it doesn’t feel like it

Jun 18 •

Forget AI coming for your job, it’s coming for your friends

In the age of AI companionship, listening is the skill that keeps you indispensable

Jun 11 •

The best and worst sparring partners I’ve ever had

How to be actually helpful in a creative conversation

Jun 4 •

May 2025

You need another head, to get out of yours

Why writing is a team sport

May 28 •

Parents know better

Raising kids with authority

May 21 •

Why I’m building iPhones, not iPads

The problem with big dreams

May 14 •

Your course needs a culture

A letter to course creators facing quiet rooms and blank forums

May 7 •

April 2025

You should lie more

Finding the truth by bending it

Apr 30 •

Not all questions need answers

Especially when you’re raising a person

Apr 23 •

You’re not bad at people, just untrained

How I accidentally became a people person

Apr 16 •

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