Archive - Stew's Letter

Personality traits and intelligence

Unraveling the connection between personality and cognition

Jul 9, 2023

Learning starts with desire

An idea from getting scammed, Leonardo da Vinci, and Kobe Bryant

Aug 6, 2022

You can do a lot in one life

An idea from a marketer, an inventor, a diplomat, and a scientist

Aug 19, 2022

2021 Annual Review

A reflection on 2021 and the master plan for 2022 (#99)

Jan 2, 2022

The bottoms-up approach to career planning (Stew's Letter #103)

Mar 10, 2022

Introducing Type.ai ✨

Meet my new startup, Type.

Feb 16, 2023

Many experiences, few stories

The virtues of turning your experiences into stories. Also: the extremely-abbreviated story of my career (Stew's Letter #105)

May 5, 2022

Hidden advantages

An idea from fighting bullies, inventing, and product positioning

Sep 14, 2022

Why working hard matters

An idea from bedbugs, Paul Graham, and Steph Smith

Jul 20, 2022

Look at the thing

An idea from finance, painting, and Edgar Allen Poe

Jul 7, 2022

Deception never looks like deception

An idea from nature, pyramid schemes, and cults

Sep 23, 2022

Adventures in LA

Lunch with Bill Grundfest, book recs from Twitter, and a newsletter I love (Stew’s Letter #101)

Feb 10, 2022

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