John Duffy – Medium

John Duffy

Physical Training Can Improve Your Relationships: Here’s How

I think about doing hard things virtually all the time. Since it’s been over two years since I published Why You Should Do Hard Things it…

4 min readFeb 16, 2024

--

Physical Training Can Improve Your Relationships: Here’s How

--

John Duffy

Start with Subtraction

It’s about that time of year: when the planet fitness ad campaigns are supplanted by Carnival Cruise lines telling you that you need to get…

3 min readFeb 12, 2024

--

Start with Subtraction

--

John Duffy

Learning from trees

This essay originally published on my Substack, “The Sidecar” by John Duffy

4 min readJul 13, 2023

--

Learning from trees

--

John Duffy

4 Things That Changed My Life in 2021

If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance you’re a bit like me: On Medium, looking for ways to level up. Be it your freelance writing…

8 min readFeb 10, 2022

--

1

4 Things That Changed My Life in 2021

--

1

John Duffy

Why Games Captivate Us

Four of us sat at a table while the cool mid-morning air pushed through the cracks of the house. It wasn’t run down, per se, but it also…

4 min readFeb 8, 2022

--

Why Games Captivate Us

--

John Duffy

The Best Way to Learn New Things

It was a hot summer evening in southern Spain when I put my foot in my mouth repeatedly while talking to my host parents about my family…

4 min readSep 15, 2021

--

The Best Way to Learn New Things

--

John Duffy

Divorce Results, Redefine Success

As humans, we tend to be really bad at assigning a good definition to the term “success.” Oftentimes, we orient ourselves towards a goal…

2 min readSep 9, 2021

--

Divorce Results, Redefine Success

--

John Duffy

Read This If “Perfection” Is Holding You Back

“It doesn’t have to be perfect” is a reminder that I need to hear more often. A newsletter that came to my own inbox recently talked about…

3 min readJun 16, 2021

--

1

Read This If “Perfection” Is Holding You Back

--

1

John Duffy

Why You Should Do Hard Things

In 1924, a man by the name of George Mallory climbed Mt. Everest. To this day, we don’t know if he summited the mountain with his climbing…

3 min readMay 7, 2021

--

Why You Should Do Hard Things

--

John Duffy

Want Your Audience’s Attention? Tell Them a Good Story.

I was listening to a podcast the other day featuring John C. McGinley, or, as he’s more popularly recognized as, Dr. Cox from the hit…

2 min readMay 3, 2021

--

2

Want Your Audience’s Attention? Tell Them a Good Story.

--

2

John Duffy

John Duffy

Obsessed with stories & doing hard things. Avid reader, athlete & truth-seeker. I write about reading, writing, business, & pursuing fulfillment.

Following

Help
Status
About
Careers
Blog
Privacy
Terms
Text to speech
Teams