Venture capitalists often complain about founders who suck for not sending monthly update emails. I think a lot of people talk about this like it's a leading rather than a lagging measure. And that's largely because VCs are getting the ensemble average of returns rather than...
85% of the global email volume is spam Sounds a lot like the 80/20 rule We usually know what spam looks like when it hits our inbox, but forget to look for it in everyday life 80% of the information you encounter is spam, but you endure it anyway....
Life isn't easy. You're dropped in a body of water at birth with no instruction manual. Some people have the privilege of extensive training and signposts, but many of us have no idea where to go or how to get there. Nobody will teach you how...
The modern world has convinced us to divide our time into discrete blocks labelled "work," "play," and "sleep." Of the three, only one is completed in the workplace. In our 24-hour day, we are not permitted to shift between these blocks or mix them....
There is a limit to the amount of knowledge you can access when you first begin studying. Because you're open and there's not much to absorb, you're like a sponge, soaking up everything. Access to information ceases to be a constraint very quickly in...
We study the greats. From a young age, we all naturally gravitate towards art. We scribble, draw, and paint - even if it’s just to make a mess. Art is something children do instinctively. Since humanity’s primal ages we’ve made art. Faces on clay vases. Stick figures...
