How to Think like the Smartest People in the World
“The difference between great thinkers and ordinary thinkers is that, for ordinary thinkers, the process of using models is unconscious and reactive. For great ...
“The difference between great thinkers and ordinary thinkers is that, for ordinary thinkers, the process of using models is unconscious and reactive. For great ...
“Studies say the right amount of eye contact during conversations is about 3.3 seconds. Awkward people don’t instinctively do that.”
In the course of publishing 50 editions of my For The Interested newsletter this year, I’ve consumed thousands of ideas about how to get better at doing things....
“Healthy people also don’t look to their partner to make them feel happy. Or beautiful. Or secure. Or confident. These emotions are first ours to manage.”
“Shutting off the ‘shoulds’ for a few hours or a day can be a magical thing.”
Great change comes from small change. We develop one habit. Try one new thing. Inch past one fear. And it changes everything. “Because the course of our l...
“Most people who claim to have a time management problem have an attention management problem. Many of the same people I hear lamenting about their lack of time...
“Some people think they need expensive equipment to start a new hobby, certain clothes to look the part, or for everything to be just right. But resourceful peo...
“We aren’t opposed to doing the right things, but we’ve simply trained ourselves to put them off indefinitely because tomorrow is sexy.”
“It’s a simple truth: you are less likely to continue doing something that you do not enjoy.”