Staying motivated when nobody cares
Thoughts on how to hang out in success's waiting room "Someone in the crowd could be the one you need to know The one to finally lift you...
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- Nov 26, 2021
- 4 min
Adam and Eve take the red pill
... and humanity changes forever "You take the blue pill—the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to...
- Nov 12, 2021
- 6 min
Boy I've got a story for you
How we can avoid falling for what's merely a good narrative The Role of Narrative In a somewhat well-known study—as far as behavioral...
- Oct 29, 2021
- 5 min
Playing hard to get
How Frank Ocean and Coco Chanel played hard to get... and what it teaches us about human desire "You make me so happy it turns back to...
- Oct 16, 2021
- 3 min
Trying not to fool oneself
Quick thoughts on proving yourself wrong “The first principle is that you must not fool yourself—and you are the easiest person to fool.”...
- Oct 1, 2021
- 5 min
Tell me what you want (what you really really want)
Girard's concept of mimetic desire, or wanting a thing because others want it "I don't walk around trying to be what I'm not I don't...
- Sep 17, 2021
- 3 min
Wisdom deprivation disorder
A different perspective on social media Too New My frustration with social media isn’t tied merely to the anxiety and depression it...
- Sep 4, 2021
- 4 min
We regret to inform you
Acquiring wisdom through the right kinds of adversity Jane: You two are funny. I can't imagine what you're gonna do without each other...
- Aug 6, 2021
- 4 min
Excusitis
The disease that kills dreams—Rich Roll and Uncle Rico—Self-serving bias Uncle Rico: Yeah... Coach woulda put me in fourth quarter, we...
- Jul 23, 2021
- 5 min
Three things I was wrong about
Persuasion—Stoicism and indifference—Solving people's problems Ron LaFlamme: It's like you need both halves of the brain right, the Jobs...
- Jul 9, 2021
- 4 min
Are you getting tunnel vision?
Escalation of commitment—Re-thinking our plans—Tunnel vision Stuck in My Ways I’ve been running competitively for over 9 years now… and...
- Jun 26, 2021
- 5 min
But you never told me about the fire
"Said you'd give me light But you never told me about the fire." —"Sara", Fleetwood Mac * You thought this note was going towards 70's...
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