Prepare for the worst
Every champion knows the taste of defeat. What separates the greats, however, isn't just how good they are
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The problem with Scooby snacks
Labels can shape our perception and our subjective experience of objective realities. Alfred Korzybski, a Polish-American thinker, once illustrated this
The mystery of the fake orchestra
Making one small assumption which later proves to be false can result in us having a drastically different picture to
Lessons from Gilgamesh: Drawing Wisdom from Stories
I was reading about ancient Mesopotamia and finally, in particular, The Epic of Gilgamesh, which I'd heard a
Ideas that don't exist
You might be surprised to learn that Stockholm syndrome is just a theory. It’s used to explain why hostages
Confidence and Competence: Mental Barriers to Build Real Skills
As we grow up we’re surrounded by people and environments that shape what we believe is possible. These early
68: Rules Aren't Real 📐
Dispensing with the status quo is the key to escaping mediocrity.
67: Not all that glitters 🪩
In one morning I came across three stories that made me think twice about the ‘metaverse’. It’s not some
66: Win the small hill ⛷
Sometimes in order to win the game you're optimising for, you must lose the ones you've been told were important.
65: What you want for dinner 🍽
How often do you revisit ideas you believe to be common sense? When thinking of possible ways we could develop
64: Constraints and consistency 🎲
People become great by being creative within the boundaries and persisting when others might quit.
63: Nobody cares 📵
Sometimes you will be out in the field, pushing the limits of expectation, on the verge of changing the world,
