The Myth of Missing Your Calling: Why your passion doesn't need your permission
Joseph Conrad was a merchant sailor before he wrote "Heart of Darkness". Franz Kafka was an insurance lawyer.
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Become a Renaissance person: Why five textbooks can take you further than a degree
One of the questions I get most often is how I've been able to switch industries so many
Choose Passion: Why the things worth loving are the things worth suffering for
The word "passion" actually comes from the Latin pati, meaning 'to suffer'. It's ironic,
Check Your Poker Face: The hidden cost of emotional tilt
If you get into playing poker, you'll quickly come across the concept of 'tilt'. It'
Take a Long Look: Why two years beats two months every time
There's a popular quote frequently attributed to Bill Gates: "People overestimate what they can get done in
Frames Change Everything: The lens you use determines what you see
Your frame determines what you see and how you see it. Imagine looking through a camera's viewfinder -
The cost of reasonable choices: How Richard Hamilton invented pop art and then let Andy Warhol own it
In 1956, a young artist named Richard Hamilton created what would become known as the first "pop art"
Plan Your Misses: Near misses aren’t learning experiences
If you speed up to try and get past a traffic light that's turning red, there's
Choose to Multiply: Why adding up will never beat multiplying
Here's a quick mental exercise I use to exemplify linear vs exponential career development in my speaking engagements
Persistence pays off: How Travis Kalanick turned repeated failure into billion-dollar success
Most people know Travis Kalanick as the co-founding CEO of Uber. But in 2001, 9 years before the first UberCab
Mouthfeel Is the Path to Mastery: What experts perceive that beginners can’t
There's a concept I've been calling 'mouthfeel' - it's the depth of
Useful but Fragile: Your best mental models have hidden limits
Some heuristics are useful but fragile. For example, "trust doctors". In most cases, this is a very useful
