“It’s advice that sounds plausible and breaks down a goal many people dream about into actionable steps. This is extremely inspiring content. It’s insight porn par excellence. Only once you actually try to do anything with the advice, do you […]
“[H]appiness and unhappiness are two separate, independent scales. A good life requires tackling each one separately.” | learn more
This is short and useful. “Adding a reservoir to a high-demand system creates slack, resilience and efficiency.” | learn more
“We are primed to pay attention to things that happen in a thunderclap. But the events that change our culture often happen over time, distributed across parts of the population too small to notice.” | learn more
“Are you still under the illusion that you’ll one day reach a point in your life where you no longer have any problems?” | learn more
“There aren’t many hard-and-fast rules of time management that apply to everyone, always, regardless of situation or personality… But I think there might be one: you almost certainly can’t consistently do the kind of work that demands serious mental focus […]
“The bottom line: Sit to do computer work. Sit using a height-adjustable, downward titling keyboard tray for the best work posture, then every 20 minutes stand for 8 minutes AND MOVE for 2 minutes. … Simply standing is insufficient.” | learn more
This HBR article makes the point that simplistic thinking about customer journeys holds back product managers. Instead, the author introduces the customer journey matrix between effortless/effortful and predictable/unpredictable. | learn more
“How did this scarcity mindset become so pervasive? And how can we break out of this pernicious cycle and shift to a mindset of sufficiency and abundance?” | learn more
This is a fascinating concept that I hadn’t heard of before. It begins with the idea that for farmers, time is circular, and curls back into itself, while for nomads and merchants time is linear as they journey through ever-changing […]