Betterment

Your co-worker gets the promotion that you applied for. You congratulate him while seething inside. Your friend goes on a fantastic vacation and shares pics of it on Instagram. You usually “like” his stuff, but this time you don’t. Your wife’s parents watch your sister-in-law’s children for the weekend. You’re ticked that they never do […]

You wake up early on a dark, cold morning to meet your friend for a run. But he’s a no-show at the trailhead. “Sorry, man!” he texts you later. “I overslept.” “No worries!” you reply. At work, Janet peeks her downcast face into your cubicle. “I was going through our records,” she confesses, “and it […]

🤖 When I was younger, I liked to build things (still do), and I was very often surprised that people were not just flocking to my fantastic new project once I released it. After some time, I understood the truth. 💡It really helps if you are good at two things - doing stuff and telling others about it. Being good at one of them is also acceptable if you have a partner who can support you with the other part. To start getting good at talking about things, I started writing and sharing my thoughts. Bits and…

Justin Beebe was a 26-year-old native of Vermont. He was killed firefighting in Nevada as a first-year member of the elite Lolo Interagency Hotshot Crew.

Marketing makes change happen. And for humans, the change is rarely linear. There’s a moment before and a moment after the decision is made. Some people find the moment thrilling, others are …

There’s a mythology around people with famous resumes. Folks who have worked for brands we’ve heard of and on projects that have been successful. We give the benefit of the doubt to som…

Vannevar Bush was the first trained electrical engineer to publicly proclaim in influential circles that EE’s are one engine of innovation and the driving in digital technology. As the early the 1930s, he viewed the entrepreneur and the engineer as twin forces for progress and technological advance.

Fascinating stuff in this “Ask Adam” segment where he talks about what it takes to master a skill and things the master of a skill knows how to do that a newbie can’t understand y…

The map might be correct, but that doesn’t mean it will work. The sign might be legal, but that doesn’t mean it’s going to be effective. We’re surrounded by instruction manu…

The personal uniform is a look that you’ve settled on as your regular get-up. Today on the show I talk to two style writers, David Coggins and Michael Williams, about all things concerning this stylish-yet-bandwidth-saving approach to dressing. We discuss what a personal uniform is, how to develop one and why that development comes with […]

Reassurance always runs out. Reassurance implies that the only reason to go forward is because it’s certain to work. Reassurance is futile. Encouragement means that someone sees us, understan…

There are many daily rituals. This one is mine. This ritual was built for me by me, and you must do the same.

When a client, a boss or an employee makes a special request, it’s okay to get a little bent out of shape. It might cost you extra time or money, it might be a hassle, it might not be deserve…

A review of E.D. Hirsch's controversial bestseller. Is education undermined by focusing on useless trivia? Or is that its greatest strength?

Roy Baumiester, has written about the four needs for meaning that all humans have and I find that a useful framework. He believes, and I concur, that all four needs need to be satisfied to a reason…

It’s become the height of oh-so-relatable humor to observe just how good it feels to have one’s plans unexpectedly canceled. As tiresome as this trope has become, it does feel good, doesn’t it? It feels good because you got back some personal time, sure. But it also feels good, because the cancellation extinguished expectations — […]

Could you hack it as a WWII soldier? Take the fitness test to find out.

It’s not high school. But some of the advice that people are embracing reminds us of those days… Things that everyone tells you that aren’t true: It’s possible to get rich quickly…

You might not get it. But as you pursue this wish, you’ll change what you do, what you see, who you connect with and the sacrifices you make along the way. Our wishes change us.

The OODA Loop — the OODA stands for Observe, Orient, Decide, Act — is a strategic tool designed to help people make better decisions when facing any kind of competitor or opponent. My guest today says that when that opponent is a seasoned criminal, the Orient component of OODA — a person’s mindset — is […]

ACRLog welcomes a guest post from Candice Benjes-Small, Head of Information Literacy and Outreach, and Alyssa Archer, Instruction Librarian at Radford University. “If I have to sit through YET ANOTHER freaking ‘professional development’ session based on these cockamamie theories, I am going to pl

Gather 'round kiddos, Uncle Lubos wants to tell another crazy but true story. This one is about an innocent kid, an abused model—and if you stick around till the end—a wholesome apple.

In 1981, Coevolution Quarterly published a 20 question quiz written by Leonard Charles, Jim Dodge, Lynn Milliman, and Victoria S

To become an all-around stronger man, you have to practice strength.

It’s easy to accept the limits that are implied when someone asks us for advice and feedback. Fix the typos, sure. That’s important. But perhaps you have something bigger to add. A frie…

TLDR; Use Agile in organizing your life