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It feels urgent because it is. But by the time the train is running away, it might be too late. The better strategy is to not sign up for trains that are likely to run away. The first principle of ...

Make a list of things you used to believe. Fervently, certainly, completely. Things that you were sure of, but now, with the passage of time and the benefit of experience, you know to be incorrect ...

Important hills usually get much steeper at the top. 99% of the training in competitive athletics is devoted to the last 1% of performance. A tenth of a second. The same is true for squeezing the l ...

A philosopher can spend a month, a year or a career thinking about one knotty problem. Making assertions, testing theories, understanding how others are thinking about it as well. But this exercise ...

What a simple verb. A five-letter modifier that opens the door to discussion. If we state something as a fact, we're asking for an argument. But seems opens the door to learning and discussio ...

There are a lot of structural reasons why in-person meetings don't involve a break every 12 minutes. It takes too long to stop and start. But those rules don't apply to Zoom. Screens of ...

Willpower is overrated. If you want to eat healthier, don't work hard to avoid stopping at the cookie jar when you walk into the kitchen. Get rid of the cookie jar. Systems are long-lasting,

It's expensive. Hundreds of people were involved in getting you that simple bowl of rice. It involved countless gallons of water, hours of labor, gallons of fuel. A complex supply chain that ...

Momentum activities like public speaking, board sports and leadership all share an attribute with riding a bicycle: It gets easier when you get good at it. The first error we often make is believin ...

I was surprised to discover that for many AI questions, if you add, "please figure this out step by step," the AI will provide a dramatically more accurate and useful answer. This works ...