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How storytelling teaches us to write

November 13, 2020

🦊 Quick Brown Fox #39

Liberation lies within

November 9, 2020

🦊 Quick Brown Fox #38

Overcoming writer’s block

November 2, 2020

🦊 Quick Brown Fox #37

October 26, 2020

🦊 Quick Brown Fox #36

Echoes of Reflection

October 19, 2020

🦊 Quick Brown Fox #35

🦊 Quick Brown Fox #34

October 12, 2020

Hey friends, I hope you’re doing well! It’s been almost a year since I started writing this newsletter. The first edition was sent back in December — it...

🦊 Quick Brown Fox #33

October 5, 2020

Facing our own music

🦊 Quick Brown Fox #32

September 28, 2020

Hey friends, This week I ventured into new territory: creating monologue videos! I’d been meaning to try this video format out for a while. The idea behind...

🦊 Quick Brown Fox #31

September 21, 2020

Hey friends, I hope you’re doing well and staying safe. It’s been a rough week in America, and I don’t have the words to articulate the web of calamities we...

🦊 Quick Brown Fox #30

September 14, 2020

Hey friends, Exciting news: I’ve just been accepted into the inaugural cohort of On Deck’s Writer Fellowship! I’ve been plotting a major new project (more on...

🦊 Quick Brown Fox #29

September 7, 2020

Hey friends, I hope you’re doing well and staying safe. This week I was excited to welcome some new plant friends! The left one is a bromeliad (reminds me of...

🦊 Quick Brown Fox #28

August 31, 2020

Hey friends, I hope you’re doing well and staying safe. The smoke has mostly cleared up here in the Bay Area. I’m looking forward to taking walks outside...

🦊 Quick Brown Fox #27

August 24, 2020

Hey friends, I hope you’re doing well and staying safe. Here in the Bay Area we’ve had a bout of wildfires with a number of areas being evacuated....

🦊 Quick Brown Fox #26

August 17, 2020

Hey friends, I hope you’re doing well and staying safe. I’m feeling pretty tired today — I didn’t sleep well because I was woken up around 3AM last night by...

🦊 Quick Brown Fox #25

August 10, 2020

Hey friends, Welcome to the Silver Jubilee edition of Quick Brown Fox! 🎉 This week: Reminiscing about visiting Tokyo, a framework for prediction and...

🦊 Quick Brown Fox #24

Hey friends, I hope you’re doing well and staying safe. I’ve been feeling pretty tired this week, and struggled to motivate myself to write. It’s hard to...

🦊 Quick Brown Fox #23

Hey friends, Welcome to another edition of 🦊Quick Brown Fox! This week I share a new essay on Aristotle’s three appeals of persuasion, a wonderful book I...

🦊 Quick Brown Fox #22

Hey friends, I hope you’re doing well and staying safe. In this week’s edition I pay tribute to an American icon, share an update on a very special tree, and...

🦊 Quick Brown Fox #21

Hey friends, A warm welcome to over four hundred readers who joined since the last edition! (Wow. I can’t believe I just typed that.) My name is Salman...

🦊 Quick Brown Fox #20

Hey friends, Welcome to the 20th edition of 🦊Quick Brown Fox! I spent most of the week working on a new essay I’m excited to share with you: The Polymath...

🦊 Quick Brown Fox #19

Hey friends, I hope you’re doing well and staying safe. A warm welcome to all the new subscribers who just joined! My name is Salman Ansari, and this is my...

🦊 Quick Brown Fox #18

Hey friends, I hope you’re doing well! I’m feeling a bit more energized this week. I think giving myself a break really paid dividends. I also got a boost...

🦊 Quick Brown Fox #17

Hey friends, I hope you're doing well and taking care of yourself during these trying times. In this newsletter, I’ve often talked about how I explore...

🦊 Quick Brown Fox #16

Hey friends, I hope you're doing well, and staying safe. I'm struggling to stay centered amidst all that is happening in America right now. Just when I...

🦊 Quick Brown Fox #15

Hey friends, It’s been a harrowing week in America. I find myself alternating between outrage, overwhelming sadness, frustration, and helplessness. I also...

🦊 Quick Brown Fox #14

Hey friends, Firstly, a warm welcome to all the new subscribers! I’ve been blown away by the response to last week’s essay — it received more engagement and...

🦊 Quick Brown Fox #13

Hey friends, I have a new essay to share with you today, and this one's pretty personal. I've been writing more than ever, but suddenly found myself...

🦊 Quick Brown Fox #12

Hey friends, Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about the conditions that lead to creativity. I’ve been working through a few books on this theme and I have a...

🦊 Quick Brown Fox #11

Hi friends, This week, I assembled a desk for my improvised living room office. It’s such a relief to have a proper ergonomic setup again. Since shelter-in-...

🦊 Quick Brown Fox #10

Hi friends, Today’s edition is a celebration of milestones: Quick Brown Fox has officially hit double digits, it’s the first day of fasting in Ramadan, and...

🦊 Quick Brown Fox #9

Hey friends, I hope you’re doing well, and staying safe. As of today, it’s been a full month since I moved on from my full-time job. So far, so good! I’m...

🦊 Quick Brown Fox #8

Hi friends, This week, I decided to spend some time searching for gratitude. I tried to find some kind of silver lining to focus on during this time of...

🦊 Quick Brown Fox #7

Hi friends, Welcome to another edition of Quick Brown Fox! If you missed the last edition, I shared some news about my career transition, along with my top 5...

🦊 #6 — I just quit my job to focus on creative pursuits. Here are 5 principles I'm embracing as I dive into this new adventure...

🦊 Quick Brown Fox #5

Hi friends, I hope you’re all staying safe out there. With all that’s going on with Coronavirus, we’re finding ourselves in a very stressful period. Truth be...

🦊 Quick Brown Fox #4

February 2, 2020

Hi friends, Welcome to the fourth edition of Quick Brown Fox! To be honest, I’m pretty relieved to be publishing this one. It may sound strange, but reaching...

🦊 Quick Brown Fox #3

January 12, 2020

Hi friends, Happy 2020 🎉, and welcome to the latest edition of Quick Brown Fox! I’m Salman, and in this newsletter I share out my latest writing, learnings,...

🦊 Quick Brown Fox #2

December 29, 2019

Hey folks, Welcome to the second edition of Quick Brown Fox! I hope you’re having a wonderful holiday break, and getting some time to rest. I’m writing to...

🦊 Quick Brown Fox #1

December 9, 2019

Hey there! Welcome to the first edition of Quick Brown Fox — a newsletter by me, Salman Ansari. I’ll be sharing my latest posts, books I’m reading, as well...

🦊 Quick Brown Fox

October 29, 2019

Welcome to the 🦊 Quick Brown Fox newsletter by me, Salman Ansari!I spent over a decade founding startups, building web and mobile apps, and leading teams. My...