Learning isn’t studying. Studying matters, but for most of us it’s only a small slice of our lives. If you aren’t a student you might not study at all. Learning, however, underpins your entire life: Relationships. Understanding your partner and knowing how to communicate. Work. A great career comes from being good at rare and […]

Previously, I explained the difference between learning bounded and unbounded subjects. School is bounded. Life is unbounded. The difference is critical. In today’s lesson, I’d like to shift from search strategies to routines. What’s the best routine for studying? The correct answer is that the perfect routine is one you can stick to and will […]

There’s something unnatural about how you’ve been taught to learn all your life. Consider a typical class. You show up and the professor hands you a syllabus. It lists all the topics you’re going to study. At the end, you’ll take an exam based on that list. What’s unnatural is that life has no such […]

Measuring productivity is hard. A lot of the form and (dys)function of working life can be derived from this fact. Consider this perspective on Japanese salaryman work culture: Your first obligation, in all things, will be to your company. You will work incredibly hard (90+ hour weeks barely even occasion comment) on their behalf. The […]