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Train for any argument with Harvard’s former debate coach.
Bo Seo explains how to argue well in this 12 minute video. ~ learn more
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Scar tissues make relationships wear out.
“This is my most touchy-feely thought for the weekend. Here’s the basic idea: It’s really hard to build relationships that last for a long time. If you haven’t discovered this, you will discover this sooner or later. And it’s hard […]
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Risk revisited again.
Howard Marks, the famous investor who runs Oaktree Capital, wrote this memo about risk to his limited partners in 2015. Risk can never really be measured. “It may rain tomorrow, or it may not, but nothing that happens tomorrow will […]
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How to be great? Just be good, repeatably.
“The first step in becoming great is recognizing that you’re likely not already great. In fact, it comes from recognizing that there is no such thing as greatness at a specific instance in time. Greatness is instead a reflection of […]
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The Johari window.
I learned this technique when I joined Entrepreneurs Organization years ago. It’s an interesting way to learn about yourself. The name sounds foreign and interesting, but it’s really just named after its creators Joe and Harry. ~ learn more
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The biggest myths about emotions, debunked.
This was relevant to me because I’ve been on a years-long journey to be less reactive and more deliberate in the face of emotions. “Contrary to the notion that emotions are inherently fixed in our brains from birth, Barrett contends […]
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You can’t reach the brain through the ears.
“Why must every generation of humans spend their entire lives learning what the last generation already knew? Why can’t we reach the brain through the ears? The lives we could save, the years we could get back, the progress we […]
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Do the weirdest thing that feels right.
This lesson came to the author when he was trying to decide what to write about. But maybe it generalizes? ~ learn more
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Taxonomy of procrastination.
Using an entertaining analogy, this author writes a useful note for those of us who procrastinate (all of us?). “My mental model is: Inside my head there’s a guy named Jim. When I decide I want to do something, Jim […]
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Robo-coaches are here.
Sure, the advice that an AI chatbot offers can be found elsewhere on the internet in blogs, books and podcasts. Yet this new format for interacting with the advice might just be better for many uses. “At risk of sounding […]