I love this concept, and first tried it (minimally) during a mentorship program a few years ago. Most personality quirks and preferences require learning slowly over time – why not make them explicit up-front? The Quartz team did, and then […]
Shane Parrish writes about how the ancient code created aligned incentives between builders of buildings and their residents, which increased the odds of structures that didn’t collapse once the builder had moved on. | learn more
In the business environment of today, it seems people are always pushing themselves to do more and work harder. Matt Plummer, founder of employee training company Zarvana, writes in the Harvard Business Review about his method for doing more with […]
“Should we generalize or specialize? This article explores how Shakespeare and Da Vinci excelled by branching out from their core competencies.” Side note: I’ve heard before that Shakespeare might not have been a real individual, but that doesn’t detract from […]
This is worth checking out if only to see the two world maps weighted by news coverage. One is based on North American news, while the other uses Europe and Central Asia. | learn more
You’re familiar with the concepts of diminishing returns and compounding. This Farnam Street post gives you the broader scope – with each being a case of power laws. | learn more
This is an interesting article. It describes tying types of work to specific locations to reinforce neural pathways in your brain. It explains why people sometimes have trouble working out at home (i.e. in their living room). | learn more
Rather than highlighting the habits of successful people, which you’ve doubtless seen in many places, this author chose to highlight the bad habits that you should try to purge. | learn more
“The benefits of reading are negated if you don’t remember what you read. This article discusses a tested system to increase retention.” | learn more
There’s been plenty of research that demonstrates brainstorming this way is less effective than individual idea generations. But we keep doing it anyway! | learn more