From Farnam Street: “We are not taught how to learn in school, we are taught how to pass tests. The spacing effect is a far more effective way to learn and retain information that works with our brain instead of […]
Thanks to a friend’s regular forwarding of Seth Godin’s blog posts, I finally signed up to read them. This one addresses the all-too-real risk of losing decision-making discipline after being worn down by time. | learn more
Farnam Street explores how expertise is developed and when we can trust our intuition based on the writings of two experts. Read it for the answer to this prompt: “Our intuition is more often right if…” | learn more
A fun and interest read. One key quote: “Cold email was so important to creating The Hustle. All of the connections I’ve made were through cold emailing.” | learn more
The Nobel Prize-winning psychologist distinguishes happiness from satisfaction, explains how they are sometimes at odds with one another, and why people tend to prefer the latter. “Happiness is a momentary experience that arises spontaneously and is fleeting. Meanwhile, satisfaction is […]
This isn’t new data but might be surprising to many readers. Imagining doing a task can often be great practice for actually doing it. “In some cases, research has revealed that mental practices are almost effective as true physical practice, […]
TEDx talk by P.S. subscriber Tony Wilkins. “We spend too little time creatively thinking about controlling what we can control and too much time worrying about what we cannot.” | learn more
I love this framework by Clayton Christensen. He asks the question, “Why did you hire that milk shake?” | learn more
This post by Tomasz Tunguz answers the question: “If you have one marketing dollar to spend on your startup’s growth, should you spend it on acquiring a new customer or on expanding an existing customer?” | learn more
I am a big fan of these sorts of public “what we learned” posts – especially when they’re not written as a company post-mortem. I think we can all learn from Bra Theory founder Mona Zhang and her team’s journey. […]