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...
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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, 20214 min read
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, 20215 min read
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...
Jun 11, 20215 min read
I just work here
Jersey Mike's assembly line—Going above and beyond—Gawande's impact Modern Times (1936) starring Charlie Chaplin The Assembly Line A few...
May 28, 20214 min read
Don't be a donkey
Buridan's donkey—Life as a series of experiments—The teleological fallacy Buridan's Overthinking Donkey Have you heard the parable of...
May 14, 20214 min read
I'm too good for this
Being the Weak Link—The Superiority Trap—Learning Pirahã Nil Nil I recently joined a recreation soccer league that plays out of Penn Park...
Mar 31, 20215 min read
How to enjoy solitude
"I'm not alone 'cause the TV's on, yeah." —"Bleed American", Jimmy Eat World * In my last note, I wrote about why it’s important for...
Mar 16, 20214 min read
We can't live...with or without them
March 16th, 2021 Chip Heron: Hey, how was school? Cady: Fine. Betsy Heron: Were people nice? Cady: No. Chip Heron: Did you make any...
Mar 2, 20215 min read
Pursuing abnormality
March 2nd, 2021 An Average Article There is a term in Swedish called lagom. It means “just the right amount.” Spotify CEO and Swede...
Feb 16, 20213 min read
Do you have the right amount of stress?
February 16th, 2021 Entrepreneur and thinker Naval Ravikant recently wrote on Twitter: "Imagine how effective you would be if you weren’t...
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How to have [more] good ideas
February 2nd, 2021 A Useful Shower Thought In 1990, NASA engineer James H. Cocker was paying a visit to a European Space Agency team to...
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