Substacks recommended by Rick Foerster

Recommended by Rick Foerster

Where the Road Bends

By Steven Schlafman

A free newsletter and podcast filled with wisdom on personal evolutions and life transitions.

If you are going through a transition or need to slow down.

- Rick Foerster

Radical Paths

By Cory

Honest lessons for navigating radical life transitions — from a sailboat, in real-time, as I live what I teach.

The Elysian

By Elle Griffin

We should own the cities we live in, the economies we build, & the technologies we depend on. Join for essays & print pamphlets exploring a utopian future.

If you want your mind blown, thinking through potential futures.

- Rick Foerster

Nick Maggiulli

moontower: a stoner dad explains options trading to his kids

By Kris Abdelmessih

Applying financial theory to life in real-time «math, education, parenting, games, business, and occasionally hair bands🎸»

If you like an unorthodox cocktail of finance + thought-provoking life advice.

- Rick Foerster

Counter Craft

By Lincoln Michel

fiction craft, publishing demystification, weird books, other things

Kyla’s Newsletter

By kyla scanlon

human-centric economic analysis to help all of us understand the world better

Future-Proof Your Career with AI

By Khe Hy

A break down of the most important developments in AI for busy professionals.

The Purpose Code

By Jordan Grumet

Jordan Grumet talks purpose, career, and enough

Dr. Jordan Grumet's story and research has fundamentally changed how I think about purpose in my own life.

- Rick Foerster

Out Over My Skis

By Tom Pendergast

Explorations in the pleasures and perils of getting out over your skis, told through nonfiction essays, photographs, and occasional fiction.

Some writers have a special ability to tell an ordinary story, with emotional depth. I’d be happy to read about Tom’s latest trip to the grocery store.

- Rick Foerster

Afterwork

By Iwana Johannsen

Afterwork helps you navigate the biggest shift of our time as AI disrupts work. From portfolio careers to deeper questions of identity, purpose, and life after jobs.

Dave Kang's Octopus Life

Octopus person doing up to 8 different jobs for creative, financial, and personal freedom

Dave gives you a front-row seat to his thoughtful work experiment as he attempts juggling a portfolio of 8(!) different projects at once.

- Rick Foerster

Michael Karnjanaprakorn's Newsletter

Ex-founder of Skillshare. Now, I'm on a sabbatical and exploring what's next. I write about life, work, and random things.

Michael blends deep existential discussion with a playful exploration of life and ideas.

- Rick Foerster

Work Chronicles

Comics about work. Made with love and lots of coffee.

Dilbert for the modern era. Near 100% hit rate on making me laugh! And sometimes hits too close to home...

- Rick Foerster

Pathless by Paul Millerd

Unexpected takes on the modern world of work. Paul explores our obsession with work and the default path of success and tries to imagine new possibilities for how we can conceive of life, work & what matters.

If you feel like society has put you into a box, that you are desperate to get out of.

- Rick Foerster

Inside-Out Leadership Development

By Ryan Vaughn

Bi-weekly newsletter on entrepreneurship and leadership for those who want more than just success. Written by Founder/CEO turned Executive Coach Ryan Vaughn to help leaders step fully into their lives and transform their company into their masterpiece.

If you want to be a great leader AND also have a more complete life, at the same time.

- Rick Foerster

The Ripple

By Sam Sager

Exploring how we can reconnect to the body, learn from nature, and adapt to change.