Flying in the face of everything I’ve said in my last few emails, I want you to remember an important lesson: you can’t have everything. You can, however, prioritise what’s most important at any given time. The best way to avoid meltdown from taking on too much...
In a famous experiment, Professor Robert Rosenthal asked teachers to rate certain students as being "very bright" or "intellectually capable." The teachers were told that their ratings would be compared with the students' actual IQ scores. In reality, the children's IQs had been...
"The future of money is digital currency." One of the most popular topics in the world right now is cryptocurrency. It’s not hard to see why, either. Cryptocurrency has become a multi-billion dollar industry with huge implications for our future economy and society. But what exactly is...
“Who has control in a conversation, the guy listening or the guy talking? The listener, of course. That’s because the talker is revealing information while the listener, if he’s trained well, is directing the conversation toward his own goals. He’s harnessing the talker’s energy for his...
1. An introduction to the book In this blog post, we will explore the role of debt in society. In his book Debt: The First 5000 Years, David Graeber explores how different societies have created and used their own forms of currency over time. He looks at what happens when...
The irony of our modern preoccupation with productivity is that it is largely mimetic. Its sense of necessity is largely prompted by others around us, even from a distance. Millions of people watch videos studying the morning routines of everyone from Pablo Picasso to Maya Angelou. I’m sure there’...
