Nine Life Lessons from Tim Minchin
“Be aware the next worthy pursuit will probably appear in your periphery, which is why you should be careful of long-term dreams. If you focus too far in front ...
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14 Reasons You’re Tired All the Time
“A cluttered desk mentally exhausts you by restricting your ability to focus and limits your brain’s ability to process information.”
We Need More Dialogue and Less Debate
“Dialogue reveals assumptions for reevaluation. Debate defends assumptions as truth.”
The Story of Rodney Dangerfield
“Imagine having no talent. Imagine being no good at all at something and doing it anyway. Then, after nine years, failing at it and giving it up in disgust and ...
What We Should Have Learned in School but Never Did
“We’re moving towards a portfolio model of careers, a world in which kids growing up today will probably have five jobs at the same time. But the current model ...
Most of What You’re Going to Read Today Is Pointless
“Most of what you read online today is pointless. It’s not important to your life. It’s not going to help you make better decisions. It’s not going to help you ...
Why It Feels like Life Speeds up as You Get Older
“The acceleration of time is the result of our increasing tendency through life to package distinct experiences into bigger ‘chunks.’ For example, for a child, ...
Lessons from 10 Years of Professional Blogging
“Titles are 80% of the work, but you write it as the very last thing. It has to be a compelling opinion or important learning.”
How Complaining Rewires Your Brain for Negativity
“Repeated complaining rewires your brain to make future complaining more likely. Over time, you find it’s easier to be negative than to be positive, regardless ...
Most Managers Are Scared to Talk to Their Employees
“A full 69% of respondents said that they found ‘communicating in general’ to be the hardest part about communicating with employees.”