The Crucible of Cringe: Growth lives on the other side of embarrassment
Weird kids get laughed at. Especially the ones who care the most. The ones with obsessions. The ones with an
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The Marty McFly Effect: Why you can't reverse-engineer someone else's success
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 a concept I’ve been pondering: 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: Why a dog biscuit tastes fine until you read the label
Labels can shape our perception and subjective experience of objective realities. Alfred Korzybski, a Polish-American thinker, once illustrated this concept
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 lot
Ideas That Don’t Exist: The unexamined assumptions running your decisions
You might be surprised to learn that Stockholm syndrome is just a theory. It’s used to explain why hostages
Confidence and Competence: The gap between what you know and what you believe
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.
