Betterment

An essential feature of every bottle is the neck. No neck, no bottle. There are bottlenecks in every process, every project and every method. Something is limited. We can pretend that’s not t…

If you went back 45 years, the built world would be eerily similar–the clothes, the cars, even the haircuts. Except you’d quickly notice that there were no personal computers and no sma…

Discover 10 powerful books wealthy people read to build mindset, discipline, and success habits often overlooked by middle-class readers worldwide.

Perhaps this has happened to you: You’re at the reference desk of the library, with the answer to any question available–and you can’t think of anything to ask. And there’s …

Have you ever had that one colleague you just clicked with? You get how they think, they get how you think, you share a common vision, you're both honest

Have you performed well?

How to design a deep knowledge work session with your Zettelkasten. The goal is to maximize the time spend in deep focus.

Each element of your workflow has a specific effect. You might compare it to key training sessions like explosive strength training or circuit training. Together they make (or break) your practice.

If you want to get started, but feel stuck reading endless articles, this is your call to action.

Not all note-taking systems are created equal. You can use these universal questions to analyze yours and maybe make adjustments in the new year.

On poison and high voltage wires, the label clearly informs us that this can kill us, right away. For obvious reasons, these are important labels, and generally quite effective. On cigarettes, it&#…

Many people say that they crave more freedom. But what do we mean by “freedom”? Being free from constraints? Is that what we mean? Would you feel “freer” if you could walk outside in your underwear? It is almost surely not what you mean by “freedom.” I submit to you that it is almost always … Continue reading Freedom from incompetence

The Method: Everyone who disagrees with you is right to do so–based on who they are and what they see Attention is priceless and trust is worth even more Marketing is the generous act of help…

In a world obsessed with productivity, some of our most creative thinkers swear by doing less. Writer and broadcaster Margaret Heffernan explores why making space for uncertainty can unlock creativity, resilience and better leadership

Remember that one time you left your phone behind at the office which just so happened to coincide with the one time your spouse really needed to get in

If it takes three to five years for a project to gain traction, it probably doesn’t pay to start a project that the world knows it needs right now. The challenge is picking something the worl…

Frank Gehry, the second most famous modern architect in North America after Frank Lloyd Wright, recently passed away at the age of 96. In 2000, the well

Extraordinary organizations have this as their employee handbook. Resilient ones. Human ones that can thrive in the face of automation and AI. Organizations that are built on customer service, hosp…

In February 1940, five months into World War II, just before he became Prime Minister, Winston Churchill was First Lord of the Admiralty.  Germany had

They seem like they’ll spread to everyone and stick around forever. This almost never happens. In order to spread to everyone, they need to move beyond the people who are looking for a new id…

Stephanie Vee: Delete Spotify? Sure, But Don't Just Replace it With Another Subscription streaming music sucks for almost everyone involved. I believe we only do it because we’ve allowed ourselves to be convinced that renting music indefinitely is cheaper than purchasing it outright – especially since streaming companies grant us

“Let us agree,” said the North Wind to the Sun, in one of Aesop’s fables, “that whoever can strip that traveler of his cloak is more powerful.” The Sun

Some pits are infinitely deep. Problems that, once addressed, always get worse. N +1. For some folks, the acquisition of money or power are like this. A little leads to a desire for more. Other pro…

“The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of, because words diminish them — words shrink things that seemed limitless when they were …

We don’t use the same language or ideas with an in-law that we do with our bar buddies. When the internet was young, people often chose to filter themselves online. We didn’t know who w…

Fear is actually a pretty good signal that you are pushing into the unknown, that real growth doesn’t happen without a bit of that associated discomfort, and that it’s worth becoming aware when it happens. Aware enough to consider actually leaning into it.

Personalization is coming to journalism. The question is: who controls it?

I’m fascinated by self-assessment: how we view ourselves versus how we actually are. As an example, when I ran the first session of my Foundations course, we started with fitness. I was impressed by how many people claimed to already have a solid exercise habit. Now, that could be due to sampling bias given the […]

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