On May 26th, I married my best friend and the love of my life, Zorica. It’s a cliche to refer to your spouse as your best friend, but oddly enough, in my case it’s actually been true. My wife and I were close friends for almost eight years before we started dating, and a couple […]
How to Learn Social Skills
In my course with Cal Newport, Top Performer, we have students engage in research to identify which career skills would benefit them most moving to the next phase of their career. Initially, we had expected these to be complex craftsman-like skills: writing, programming, design, etc.. To our surprise, students kept coming back telling us a […]
Book Club: The Selfish Gene (May 2018)
This month we read The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins. If you would like to stream audio on your browser, click here listen on Soundcloud About the book: Evolution by natural selection is a topic that many people either champion or dismiss, but far fewer really understand. As one of the fundamental patterns of nature, I […]
Lesson One: What most people get wrong about effective learning
I’m going to be reopening another session of my popular course, Rapid Learner, next Monday (May 14, 2018). Before that, I’m going to be sharing some of the most important lessons to help you learn better with less wasted time and effort. This is the first lesson in a four-part lesson series. The remaining three […]
I'm a Wall Street Journal bestselling author, podcast host, computer programmer and an avid reader. Since 2006, I've published weekly essays on this website to help people like you learn and think better. My work has been featured in The New York Times, BBC, TEDx, Pocket, Business Insider and more. I don't promise I have all the answers, just a place to start.