The first time I read of the body as hardware and the mind as software analogy was while reading Lying by Sam Harris I do not remember what I thought about lying before I took “The Ethical Analyst,” but the course accomplished as close to a firmware upgrade of my brain as I have ever …
Two great Quora threads came across my inbox this morning that I thought were worth sharing. What’s the most inspiring thing that you learned, but wished you had learned when you were much younger? Some answers that stood out: I am enough. I am enough of a human being, of a parent, of an employee. …
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I can’t believe I’ve been sleeping on Raptitude, a blog by David Cain, for so long. I recently was sent this post about 67 pieces of advice and it’s pure gold. Some of my favorites: 11. Learn the difference between something that makes you feel bad, and something that’s wrong. A thing can feel bad …
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If you go home with somebody and they don’t have books, don’t f*ck ’em. – John Waters If women take up John Waters on this advice you’d be in trouble. Read books. A lot of books. Fiction, non-fiction, whatever you enjoy. Just read. Why should you read? There are too many answers to that question. …
If you’re a human and not reading James Altucher you’re missing out. I forget how I initially heard about him but I read his book, “Choose Yourself” and I’ve been a fan ever since. His post from today was about getting rid of excuses. There’s ALWAYS a gap between “what I have now” and “what …
Watch this: Then watch this by Jim Valvano. This is my favorite speech ever.
“All I want to know is where I’m going to die so I’ll never go there.” – Charlie Munger Inversion is one of the few things that has had the most impact on the way I go about thinking about things. Instead of focusing on what I want, I’ve found it to be just as …
There is a growing amount of uncertainty in my line of work (more about that here if you’re interested). Naturally clients have been asking more questions like, “Why is this happening?”, and “What’s going on?” Initially in my career I would never have admitted to a client that the answer to their burning question is …
Don’t ever stop putting forward ideas. Ideas are currency. Keep the idea muscle in top shape. Don’t try to be liked by everybody. Half the people are going to hate you either way. If you show ambition, people will despise you for it, but if you show no ambition, the other half will hate you. …
There are few things you do throughout the day which nobody else can do as well as you. Spend time doing those things and try to offload everything else. When you know the few things which have the biggest impact you should focus on those exclusively. Ricardo’s Law of Comparative Advantage says so. Example: I’m …