23: Stress and Cognitive Arousal
The more I learn about stress, the more I realize how important it is in maximizing performance. But all stress isn't equal. The stress I'm talking about might be better described as cognitive arousal.
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22: $GME Over
As the dust settles on a retail investor gold rush marked with controversy, the wise are pruning the wreckage for insights.
21: Balancing the Life Equation
The perfect, constant work/life balance probably doesn’t exist, but there are great frameworks you can use to find greater fulfillment in all areas of your life.
20: One long year later
We can all agree that 2020 was awful, but I learnt a few things worth sharing and am making a lot of changes to how I approach life.
19: Game theory all the things!
Some thoughts on game theory, competition, and the global circulation of kindness.
18: Empathy in the digital public sphere
We've become servants to the news cycle and are separated by chasms of partisanship, but with empathy and a form of communicative rationality, we can progress as a better-informed society.
17: Managing your cognitive bandwidth
I’ve been thinking about the paradox of choice and optimizing our ability to handle tasks through better decision-making.
16: 100,000 Steps For Change
I'm taking 100,000 steps in 24 hours for charity. That's about 81km or 50 miles. It will take 18-20 hours. I am not a runner or performance athlete. I don’t even remember the last time I jogged.
15: The long road to Essentialism
Essentialism exposes my frequent stumbling blocks—taking on too much, underestimating completion times, and letting the cumulative chaos eat into more precious areas of my life.
14: Dig your well before you're thirsty
You should prepare in advance whatever tools, skills or resources you will need later in life. Later could be tomorrow or years from now, but you'll be better adapted to capitalize on opportunities!
13: How to get away with being Black (An update)
This week I'm republishing and adding commentary to a race-related piece that was taken down after some tweets of mine went viral. It's important right now. TW.
12: Focus on cultivating discipline
Discipline is notoriously hard to cultivate. Fried plantain won't eat itself and I can binge Netflix shows like they’re shutting the website down tomorrow. But discipline is achievable!
