Plan Your Misses: Why getting away with it is the most dangerous outcome
Plan your misses If you speed up to try and get past a traffic light that's turning red,
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Persistence pays off: What 14 years of failure taught the founder of Uber
Most people know Travis Kalanick as the co-founding CEO of Uber. But in 2001, 9 years before the first
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
Better Than Average: The mistake most people make about their own judgement
91% of people think they’re above-average drivers. This is obviously impossible. But it means AT LEAST 40% of
Confidence and Competence: The gap between what you know and what you believe
Confidence and competence This post is an early version of a thought/anecdote that eventually made its way into my
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Leave the Bones Behind: How to extract the useful parts of bad advice
Leave the bones behind This post is an early version of a thought/anecdote that eventually made its way into
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There’s always someone better: How to use that fact instead of being crushed by it
When I was 21 I remember feeling ahead for my age. But when I was 19 I felt woefully behind.
The Prioritisation Problem: Why good advice at the wrong time is bad advice
It’s easy to fall for the trap of following universal advice. Some people say you should travel the world
Preparing for a Knife Fight: Why your 40s depend on what you do in your 20s
Longevity expert Peter Attia talks about the Centenarian Decathlon - the idea that if we want to maintain our physical abilities
The Mystery of the Fake Orchestra: How one wrong assumption builds a false reality
The mystery of the fake orchestra Making one small assumption which later proves to be false can result in us
Lessons from Gilgamesh: What the oldest story still teaches
Lessons from Gilgamesh I was reading about ancient Mesopotamia and finally, in particular, The Epic of Gilgamesh, which I'
Call your shot
Call your shot This post is an early version of a thought/anecdote that eventually made its way into my
