Frederick Herzberg has the kind of name you would assume belongs to a great scientist, psychologist or philosopher without me needing to tell you. He’s the mind behind the two-factor motivation theory. Herzberg suggested that there are two mutually exclusive sets of factors in the workplace which drive both...
One of my core personal philosophies is “making the best mistakes possible”. I'm extremely evangelistic about it. Failure is an important element in the cycle of innovation and growth, but it’s often overrated. Failure only counts when you’re moving the needle and/or becoming a valuable...
The world is full of bleeding hearts. There’s an abundance of good causes we care about. Genuinely. When something happens in the world we gasp, we cry, we fire off tweets in outrage. I’m saying we, talking about myself, and trusting I’m not alone. Our emotions are...
Motivation gets you up every morning. Inertia keeps you going. Motivation isn't tangible in the way that discipline is. That's why it can often feel fleeting and difficult to harness. Motivation is best understood as an emotion - but worse than that, it's an...
Here's why that productivity hack you read about may not be working for you, and what to do about it. Machine-learning for humans On a fundamental level, your body is a machine. This is something we’re often cognizant of but easily forget, particularly where emotions are involved....
