Matthew's Blog
ikigai Tips: Writing Down Your ikigai
I'm an advocate for specifically writing down, saving, and consistently reviewing important goals and objectives. For example, I have what I believe to be my life's purpose written down. I review it once a week, comparing it with my current projects list. (Of note,...
My Three MITs
Several years ago, I earned an Executive Certificate in Strategy and Innovation at MIT Sloan in Boston. After I completed the final course, I treated myself to a comfortable MIT sweatshirt, now one of my (and my cat’s!) favorite go-to items of clothing. But actually,...
Deep Reading: An Act of Pillage
This month, I am re-reading Nietzsche’s The Birth of Tragedy (TBOT). As I have discussed before in my blog post Considering How I Read to Help Inform How I Write, I physically read different books differently. But it now occurs to me that when I deep-read a book, as I...
A Book Review: The Joy of Writing Journal: Spark Your Creativity in 8 Minutes a Day
I just had the pleasure of completing Lisa Tener’s writing workbook The Joy of Writing Journal: Spark Your Creativity in 8 Minutes a Day, and I would like to share some of my thoughts here. (Some background on how I know Ms. Tener. I first met her over 5 years ago...
Business Ikigai: The Joy of “Closing The Deal”
In my medical school days, while I was pursuing my ikigai, I had a good friend who was a financially successful oil investor. (He worked for himself, buying and selling oil wells.) Although most of our friendship revolved around playing darts and going to the local...
My Successful Twitter Break
I just completed a month Twitter-free—from the day before Thanksgiving through the day after Christmas. It went well, and I believe it helped me in three ways. First, it freed up significant time. Being active on Twitter does require periodic monitoring, especially if...
Writing Habits: Blogging Daily For One Year!
Years ago, at my old healthcare organization, I watched and took notes on all of its 457 YouTube videos in preparation for a strategic marketing meeting about social media I did this for two reasons. First, to get a feel for my organization's social media culture. And...
My Favorite December Post
My favorite December post is Writing and Clarity, which I published on December 14th. Most of my project successes—and failures—are attributable to my clarity (or lack thereof) regarding a project's objectives and how well these objectives overlap with my purpose....
My Ten-Book Year
In 2019, Nepal-born British Climber Nirmal Purja climbed all 14 of the world's 8,000-metre peaks in just over six months, well documented in the film 14 Peaks: Nothing is Impossible. As any mountain climber knows, climbing even one of these peaks in a lifetime is an...