Betterment

A get-home bag is the kind of kit you keep in your trunk or at work — light enough to carry, but stocked with the essentials.

When’s the last time you thought about your car’s engine? Probably not for a while.  Most people don’t. Until it breaks.  This sort of thing happened last

The Asian squat refers to the typical squatting posture that is seen throughout many nations in the Far East. However, not everyone can deep squat.

A guide to venting without annoying everyone you know.

Don’t search for the answers.

Cicero loved this one weird trick for finding the crux of any issue.

So many bits of information are flying around. Emails to us, articles, posts, videos, updates, memos, meetings, books… The most common (and apparently efficient) approach is to quickly look o…

Here are five tips to ensure that you, not your slides, are doing the talking. Slides don't inspire. You do.

It takes about 900,000 minutes to become a board-certified dermatologist. At that point, you might be very skilled and well-informed. It takes less than nine minutes to make your patient feel seen,…

For three decades, British traitor, Kim Philby, spied very successfully for the Soviet KGB from the very heart of MI6 British Intelligence, resulting in

On September 9, 1965, Navy pilot James Stockdale was flying a mission over North Vietnam when his A-4 Skyhawk took anti-aircraft fire. The cockpit filled with smoke. Warning lights flashed red. He ejected, breaking a leg in the process. As his parachute carried him toward a crowd of villagers armed with machetes and pitchforks and […]

AI doesn’t have to make slop—it can help you do the best work of your life

It’s possible to consider the next event in our lives as something the world is trying to teach us. But it might be even more effective to realize that, whenever we choose, we can learn somet…

Visitors to your new bookstore are likely to have a phone in their pockets–they could buy a book from the competition without even walking into the shop. And diners at your funky restaurant h…

If you have ever met me in person, you know that when you share an idea with me, I simplify it to its core and reflect it back to you, focusing on its essential parts. I dissect each statement for precision. “What do you mean by this word?” I have two decades of experience working … Continue reading Thinking Clearly

The 1996 Apple Network Server was Apple's first true Unix-through-and-through server (the Apple Workgroup Server 95, actually a Quadra 950...

Organizations and brands can choose their quadrant. It’s tempting to want the best of all four, but it’s going to take effort and focus. All of these terms are relative choices, not abs…

In most organizations, contradictions are treated as problems to be fixed. But what if they’re actually the point?

If someone with less skill and less dedication than you took over your job, could they degrade the quality of your work? It’s not difficult to make a list of twenty things that could be done …

If there was a website you could visit to find out what the future held, how often would you visit it? We do that with the weather, sometimes daily. People are drawn to breaking news and social med…

There was a delightfully odd moment during a recent Oklahoma State game. A fan named Trent Eaton made his way to an empty section of the stands and

It’s difficult to spend the entire day working on outcomes. Sooner or later, there are tasks to be done, tasks we believe will get us to the outcome we seek. But it’s easy to spend the …

Research on creativity shows that the people who come up with the best ideas are the ones who come up with the most ideas.

Daily habits can help you thrive or quietly turn into addictions. The difference is how your brain handles cues, routines, and rewards. Three experts explain how to work with your wiring instead of against it.

Two famous authors were chatting at a glamorous party on New York’s Shelter Island – Kurt Vonnegut and Joseph Heller (of Catch-22 fame).  Vonnegut tells

It’s quite likely that your favorite TV show wasn’t written by a single person. There’s a room filled with professionals, bouncing ideas back and forth, provoking each other and c…

For many years, I attended an annual gathering of folks who wanted to save the Internet for future generations. Aspirational guidance was provided by the metaphor “big hooks:” ones mean…

In the prior lesson, I gave a brief review of what foundations are, why they matter and how we can strengthen them. One of the things I discussed in that lesson was that, because foundations are unavoidable, the quality of your life is determined more by your weakest foundations than your strongest. Having lots of […]

It's no longer Ben & Jerry's. Apparently, it's now just Ben's. A few weeks ago, Jerry Greenfield resigned from the legendary ice cream company he

Remember that time your best friend gave a toast at your birthday dinner? Remember how it was perfect? Nostalgic stories, inside jokes, the whole nine.