Most people are pretty good at keeping promises to others. When I make an appointment with a busy person, even just for something as simple as a call, they almost never cancel on me. If they do have to, they almost always apologize and work to reschedule. This is true even if I don’t know […]
How Good Is Your Theory?
When it comes to poker, luck can win the round and strategy will win the game. Learn how this principle can be used for you learning.
Book Club: The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (August 2018)
During this month’s book club we are reading and discussing “The Structure of Scientific Revolutions” by Thomas S. Kuhn.
What’s Your Life Strategy?
There’s a lot of discussion about specific tactics you should use in life to become successful: what productivity app you should use, which exercises to be fit, where to invest your money. Missing from this is the question of how do you think about the big questions in your life? Not just where you spend […]
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