What is a man?
The tweet at the top of this thread will illicit a kneejerk "hard disagree" response from many (including
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Before iPads there was whiskey: The ancient art of silencing children
Parents today fret about iPads frying kids’ brains. Experts warn of attention spans shortened by screens, of developmental delays digital
Find Rising Tides: Position yourself where growth is already happening
NBA pundits are harsh, especially on talented players. If you stick with the team you were study the game to
The Crucible of Cringe: Why the weird kids win in the end
Weird kids get laughed at. Especially the ones who care the most. The ones with obsessions. The ones with an
The Marty McFly Effect: Why successful people give useless advice
I’ve noticed that when you ask successful people what advice they might give to a young person trying to
Elon's Fence vs Chesterton's Fence
We often overlook the power of questioning the status quo. There's concept I've: Elon's
The Trap of Nickel Coke
The President of Coca-Cola tried to get two lawyers out of his office and ended up having to sell Coke
Call your shot
I’m stealing a phrase from Dr. Julie Gurner - “Crown Yourself”. Decide who you want to be and claim
Prepare for the worst
Every champion knows the taste of defeat. What separates the greats, however, isn't just how good they are
The Problem with Scooby Snacks: The small rewards keeping you from bigger things
Labels can shape perception our subjective experience of objective realities. Alfred Korzybski, a Polish-American thinker, once with nothing more than
The Mystery of the Fake Orchestra: How one wrong assumption builds a false reality
Making one small assumption which later proves to be false can result in us having a drastically different picture to
Lessons from Gilgamesh: What the oldest story still teaches
I was reading about ancient Mesopotamia and finally, in particular, The Epic of Gilgamesh, which I'd heard a
