This was originally published on my company’s blog.

We are knowledge athletes

I first started thinking about similarities between athletes and knowledge workers¹ during my run coaching certification class. For starters, both require focus on building consistent habits, dedication to long-term growth and goals, and knowing the importance of sleep and nutrition. …

I read 32 books this year, which is the most I’ve read in a year as an adult-there was one summer in middle school where I think I read every Hardy Boys book available at the Oakland Public Library and made a good dent on the sci-fi section as well…

My co-founder Ricky wrote about why he switched over to Spotify for podcasts. I initially was reluctant to switch over to Spotify for podcasts because they seemed like an afterthought/second-class media there. There’s also all the usual arguments in favor of keeping things open, but I can see the power…

Originally wrote up a couple quick reactions in notes section of my blog, but I realized I had a lot more to say about this topic, so it became a post.

Strava announced yesterday that they’re trying to become a profitable business by focusing on paying subscribers. To that end…

Had a great time chatting with my friend Amanda for the weekly Back on My Feet San Francisco live chat about how I got into running, started volunteering with Back on My Feet, and what Running Happy means to me! Can’t embed the video on Medium, but check it out over on Facebook and let me know if you have any questions about getting involved with Back on My Feet or about running!

https://www.facebook.com/BackonMyFeetSanFrancisco/videos/1107845282912448/

Originally published at https://www.davidtran.me on April 18, 2020.

March was… a month. A few things that happened that happened in March:

• On March 7th, I ran the race of my life thus far at Way Too Cool 50K, celebrating an amazing few months of training and surpassing my wildest pre-race goals
• On March 16th, San Francisco became one…

This post specifically talks about running and startups, but I think this ethos applies broadly. It goes without saying that having the choice to do things for “the right reasons” is a privilege. I’m very thankful for my immigrant parents whose “why” was just to give me this choice.

We…

See Part 1 of this post for an overview of Strong Opinions, Weakly Held. Here in Part 2, we’ll be looking at examples of how to apply SOWH in poker, basketball and Starcraft.

Poker: The perfect game of imperfect information

Poker presents a perfect microcosm for practicing SOWH. In No-Limit Texas Hold’em, you start with seemingly very…