Life

We alter information to fit our beliefs

(Excerpt from Thinking In Bets by Annie Duke) Truthseeking, the desire to know the truth regardless of whether the truth aligns with the beliefs we currently hold, is not naturally supported by the way we process...

August 16, 2020| Ego, Overconfidence Bias Read More

Making a life choice is a bet on a future version of us

(Excerpt from Thinking In Bets by Annie Duke) In most of our decisions, we are not betting against another person. Rather, we are betting against all the future versions of ourselves that we are not choosing. …...

August 16, 2020| Life, Luck, Optionality, Path Dependence, Randomness, Success Read More

Be adaptable like water

You must be shapeless, formless, like water. When you pour water in a cup, it becomes the cup. When you pour water in a bottle, it becomes the bottle. When you pour water in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Water can...

August 14, 2020| Adaptability, Ego, Learning Read More

Do something for love and something for money

(Excerpt from How do you do what you love and make money by Derek Sivers) First: balance. You’ve heard about balancing heart and mind, or right-brain left-brain, or whatever you want to call it. We all have a need for...

August 10, 2020| Life, Yin Yang Read More

Ego prevents us from getting necessary feedback

(Excerpt from The Great Mental Models Volume 1: General Thinking Concepts by Shane Parrish) First, we’re so afraid about what others will say about us that we fail to put our ideas out there and subject them to...

August 9, 2020| Ego Read More

Getting someone’s winning lottery numbers

(Excerpt from Beware of Advice by Derek Sivers) When successful people give advice, I usually hear it like this: “Here are the lottery numbers I played: 14 29 71 33 8. They worked for me!” Success is based on so...

August 9, 2020| Life, Survivorship Bias Read More

Social media enables divided people to meet each other

I thought Twitter was driving us apart, but I’m slowly starting to think half of you always hated the other half but never knew it until Twitter. Michael Arrington, Founder of TechCrunch...

August 2, 2020| Life, Yin Yang Read More

Optimism is a necessary ingredient to progress when the odds are against you

(Excerpt from Same As It Ever Was by Morgan Housel) We tell ourselves stories about our potential for progress because if we’re realistic about how common failure and pain is, we’d never get off the couch. Few would...

August 2, 2020| Overconfidence Bias, Success Read More

Some people see the thing that they want, and some people see the thing that prevents them from getting the thing that they want

(Excerpt from Simon Sinek’s speech, transcript by Goalcast) There were some free bagels and they had picnic tables set up. On one side was a group of volunteers. On the table were boxes of bagels and on the other...

July 13, 2020| Success Read More

Types of education business

(Excerpt from Monday Musings 6 Jul 2020 by David Perell) Some observations on the future of education from Tiago Forte: Most online courses until now have been performance-driven, as in “direct response...

July 8, 2020| Learning, Strategy Read More

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