Why a Balanced Life Can Be Deceptive
Balance is tricky. It’s appealing. Who wouldn’t want to have a balanced life? The promise of a perfect life where you get a taste of everything has a certain charm to it. It appeals to our human nature. We like…
30 Big Ideas That Changed My Life
These are 30 ideas that changed my life. 1. You are going to die. There is no dress rehearsal for life. This is it. How you live your days is how you live your life. 2. Free will. We see…
Nobody Is Stealing Your Attention
You’re not at the mercy of the Silicon Valley’s evil gods. Don’t get me wrong. There is plenty of warranted criticism that can be directed towards tech companies due to: Their problematic business model The methods employed to capture our…
Meditation Is Not Optional
Meditation is not a “get woke quick” scheme. This practice is necessary for everyone trying to understand themselves. We’re often oblivious to the behaviors of our own mind. Lost in the (sometimes manufactured) busyness of everyday life, we’re prisoners to…
Personal Knowledge Management: How to Build a Thought Network (Flexible Formula)
Where are all the articles you read this year? All the books. Podcasts listened to. Ideas that fired up your brain. Conversations that lingered in your head for days after they finished. If you’re like most people, they’re probably lost.…
A Guide for Reading Less and Thinking Better (11 Practical Solutions)
Reading can be a form of procrastination. Hear me out. Reading is easy. It’s a passive activity that can be done almost anywhere without much effort. “Of course there effort involved,” you might say. “Assimilating the information on the page…
First Principles Thinking: A Framework for Innovative Problem Solving
Definition A first principle is a foundational proposition that cannot be reduced any further. It grounds all other assumptions that are built on top of it. Think of the theory of information, as an analogy. The bit is the most…
17 Powerful Mental Models Analyzed
Mental models: what are they? Mental models are representations of how things work. They can be derived from multiple disciplines, but are able to traverse the boundaries of their field and be be applied more broadly in other contexts. Mental…