HeyJaredMatthew Dicks
Bestselling novelist, champion storyteller, award-winning columnist, keynote speaker, standup comic, and elementary school teacher of 27 years
- Indexed issues, last 90 days
- 13
- Latest publication
- Sep 27, 2026
- Audience
- Checking…
- Earliest in this view
- Sep 4, 2026
Latest issues
Announcing your goals makes it less likely that you will achieve them, but what if you’re not an idiot? (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Readers of my daily blog, Grin and Bear It, know that for more than 17 years, I have posted my yearly goals and my progress (or lack thereof) every month to hold myself accountable.This is the latest update.Oddly, these are often some of my most popular posts. People love to see me succeed and fail to achieve my goals, and I’ve certainly done my share of both over the years. My success rate, over the years, has been:2010: 44%2011: 62%2012: 30%2013: 60%2014: 60%<br
The shorter version is always the best version (opens the original)
Read excerpt
I am, and always will be, an admirer of anyone who understands that the shorter sermon, the shorter meeting, the shorter training session, and the shorter story are almost always the best versions of those things.Time is our most precious commodity.This Substack is reader-supported. To receive ALL new posts and support my work, consider becoming a paid subscriber<input cla
Complexity be damned (opens the original)
Read excerpt
This Substack is reader-supported. To receive ALL new posts and support my work, consider becoming a paid subscriber.A phrase that I say often and believe strongly is this:“Nothing is as comp
The Fonz can tell a story (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Watch Henry Winkler answer this question from Graham Bensinger.This Substack is reader-supported. To receive ALL posts and support my work, consider becoming a paid subscriber.
Get bored (opens the original)
Read excerpt
On an episode of WTF, musician and legend Aimee Mann said, “Being stuck in one place and bored out of your mind is the key to creativity.”I couldn’t agree more.<source type="image/webp"
Publishing over time
Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.
Recurring subjects
Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.
Audience
No verified audience measurement yet.
About this data
Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.
Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.