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Thoughts on relationships, networks, and connection.
Why Networking Habits Fail (And How to Build One That Actually Sticks)
You’ve told yourself you’re going to be better about staying in touch. Maybe after a conference. Maybe after a job change. Maybe after a friend you hadn’t ta...
The Psychology of Letting Relationships Lapse (And How to Break the Pattern)
You haven't texted that person in eight months. You think about it, then don't. Research has a name for this: 'anticipatory anxiety about reconnecting.' The ...
What to Actually Track in Your Personal CRM (And What to Ignore)
A blank personal CRM is almost worse than no CRM at all — it creates the illusion of a system without any of the benefit. Here's exactly what to log, what to...
Networking Anxiety Is Real — And a Personal CRM Is the Fix Most People Never Consider
The gap between knowing you should reach out and actually doing it isn't laziness. It's anxiety. Here's why networking paralysis is so common — and how the r...
The Hidden Networking Advantage During Career Transitions (And How a Personal CRM Unlocks It)
Most people reach out to their network only when they need something. The people who land the best opportunities during career transitions are the ones who n...
The Connection Recession Is Real — Here's How Relationship Intelligence Can Fix It
Time published a piece last month calling it what it is: America is in a connection recession. Not a metaphor. A measurable, documented collapse in the quali...
The Science of Weak Ties: Why Your Acquaintances Are Your Secret Career Weapon
Most professionals focus their networking energy on close colleagues and friends—the people they interact with regularly and know well. But groundbreaking re...
Fighting the Connection Recession: How to Rebuild Your Relationship Capital in 2026
Fighting the Connection Recession: How to Rebuild Your Relationship Capital in 2026
How to Reconnect with Someone You've Lost Touch With (Without It Being Weird)
You’ve thought about them. Maybe a LinkedIn update surfaced, or a mutual friend mentioned their name, or you stumbled on an old photo. The thought crosses yo...
Relationship Debt: The Silent Cost of Letting Your Network Decay
Every engineer knows technical debt. You ship a shortcut, skip the refactor, and move on. It works — until it doesn’t. One day you’re staring at a codebase w...
The Connection Recession Is Real — Here's How to Actually Fix It
The Connection Recession Is Real — Here’s How to Actually Fix It
Relationship Intelligence: How AI Helps You Stay Connected Without Being Creepy
You forgot your college roommate’s birthday again. Your mentor from three jobs ago sent a congratulations on your promotion — six months late. And that found...
Why You Keep Losing Touch with Friends (And How to Actually Stop)
You had a great conversation with someone you genuinely like. You said “let’s catch up soon.” And then — nothing. Weeks become months. The longer you wait, t...
The ROI of Your Network: A Data-Driven Framework for Professional Relationship Management
Most professionals treat their network like a savings account they never check. They know it’s there. They assume it’s growing. They only open the app when s...
The Relationship Maintenance Cadence: A System for Staying Close to the People Who Matter
Most relationships don’t end with a fight. They end with silence.
Remote Work Gave You Flexibility. It Also Killed Your Network.
There’s a moment many remote workers know well: you’re wrapping up a solid quarter, you want to share the news with a former colleague who’d appreciate it—an...
Tapestry vs. Dex vs. Clay vs. Monica: The Best Personal CRM in 2026
The personal CRM space has exploded. What was once a niche workaround for obsessive networkers—a spreadsheet, a Notion database, some custom Airtable monstro...
The Personal CRM for Founders: Why Your Network Is Your Most Undermanaged Asset
You have a CRM for your customers. Probably another one for your investor pipeline. You’ve got a spreadsheet tracking warm intros, a Notion board for partner...
Your Friendships Are Literally Keeping You Younger: The Science of Relationships and Aging
Researchers at Cornell University published a striking finding in late 2025: people with stronger, more sustained social networks were literally younger at t...
Dunbar's Number Explains Why You Can't Maintain Every Relationship (And What To Do About It)
In 1992, British anthropologist Robin Dunbar noticed something strange: across dozens of primate species, the size of the neocortex—the “thinking” part of th...
The Friendship Recession Is Real: What It Is and What You Can Do About It
If you’ve felt like your social circle has quietly shrunk over the past few years, you’re not imagining it. A mounting body of research confirms what many of...