I just recorded a quick video talking through my notes for the first chapter of my book which is “Flow and the meaning of life” It’s a primer on flow states and I think it’s the best answer to the question of “what is the meaning of life” — to live in flow. Much more to expound on the topic but [...]
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Filing under the “staying humble” category is this image I stumbled upon from Tim Urban of Wait But Why. As he writes: A really starry sky seems vast—but all we’re looking at is our very local neighborhood. On the very best nights, we can see up to about 2,500 stars (roughly one hundred-millionth of the stars in our galaxy), [...]
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My Most Illustrious Lord, Having now sufficiently seen and considered the achievements of all those who count themselves masters and artificers of instruments of war, and having noted that the invention and performance of the said instruments is in no way different from that in common usage, I shall endeavour, while intending no [...]
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I’d like to share with you a work optimization method called “The Pomodoro Technique”. The basic principle is to focus for a 25 minute period (a “pomodoro”) on a single task with the help of a timer, traditionally the tomato shaped cooking timer (pomodoro is tomato in Italian). After completing an [...]
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I recently discovered a corporate strategist and neuroscientist Dr Robert Cooper, who’s devoted his career to researching and improving human performance via what he calls “hacking human nature”. I thought it would be valuable to summarize and share some of the key nuggets from his main keynote presentation (you can watch some highlights [...]
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The study of “happiness” (happiology?) is one of my main areas of interest.  I’ve read multiple specialized books on the matter by people who’ve dedicated their lives to its study, such as: The How of Happiness: A Scientific Approach to Getting the Life You Want The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom [...]
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 An idea I picked up recently from Larry Page and Google X via the Singularity Crew is the concept of “10x thinking”. Mostly, when people are trying to improve something, they aim for a 10% improvement. Setting your target at 10% will get a 2% to 5% improvement, if you’re lucky. The culture that Larry Page has tried to instill in [...]
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A nice idea I recently picked up from a guru I follow called Dan Kennedy is the concept of resources versus resourcefulness. It is echoed by some of Peter Diamandis’s laws. Among the most common complaints / self-limiting beliefs you will find around and inside you are the following: “I don’t have the money .. “I don’t have the time .. [...]
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I just finished a book by Simon Sinek called “Start With Why”. The basic premise of the book is that in order to create a truly strong organization, you need to determine the “Why” (your reason for existing), from it derive your “how” (it will be achieved) and then your “what” (you will [...]
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A Wise Person knows: When and how to make “the exception to every rule.” When and how to improvise. How to use these moral skills in pursuit of the right aims. Most importantly, according to Schwartz, a Wise Person is made and not born.
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