How to Lead an Awesome Life
“You’ve always got two choices. One: you can swirl and twirl and gloom and doom forever. Two: you can grieve and then face the future with newly sober eyes.”
Category: Worth Knowing
John Hodgman’s Advice for Writers
“It’s not enough to write what you know — you have to know interesting things. So you have to put yourself into a world where you have experiences.”
Why You Can’t Trust Online Reviews
“People who write online reviews are more likely to buy things in unusual sizes, make returns, be married, have more children, be younger and less wealthy, and ...
How Brands Use Laddering to Get an Edge on Their Competition
“It’s an attempt to de-position your competition by saying, ‘We’re this, and they’re this,’ and then figuring out what attribute you want to talk about that not...
A Recommended Newsletter If You’re Interested in Behavior Change and Making Better Decisions
“A digest of the best behavior change posts around the web that will challenge you to work better, think clearly and make better decisions in life and business....
The Psychology of Money
“The paradox of wealth is that people tend to want it to signal to others that they should be liked and admired. But in reality those other people bypass admiri...
Nine Storytelling Rules from Michael Lewis
“Cheap storytelling is a cheap pattern writing machine. If there’s something that violates the pattern, if you incorporate it into the story, often it makes the...
The Secret to the Golden State Warriors’ Third Quarter Dominance
“Kerr does not want to be the only voice in the room — far from it, in fact. He has carved out time for others to speak. Once Kerr finishes making his main poin...
A Recommended Newsletter for People Interested in Science, Technology, and Intelligent Optimism
“We create an email newsletter every fortnight containing crazy scientific breakthroughs, good news from around the world, and amazing stories from the best par...
You Don’t Have To Do It
You don’t have to do it.