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Reading Time: 3 min Digging into “Tribe of Mentors” by Tim Ferriss (see all previous questions here), he asks: In the last five years, what have you become better at saying no to (distractions, invitations, etc.)? What new realizations and/or approaches helped? Any other tips? There were a ton of great answers in the book, and here are a […]

Reading Time: 2 min Today’s question from “Tribe of Mentors” (see all questions here) by Tim Ferriss is a good one: In the last five years, what new belief, behavior, or habit has most improved your life? Here are a few of my favorites from the book. Mike Maples, Jr. shared: Understanding that even though great scientists never believe […]

Reading Time: 2 min Continuing on through the questions from Tim Ferriss in his book “Tribe of Mentors” (see all of the questions here), we’re on to question number five: What is one of the best or most worthwhile investments you’ve ever made? (Could be an investment of money, time, energy, etc.) The first response that I’ll share is […]

Reading Time: < 1 min We all have opinions about things in our life, but opinions don’t need to be fixed in stone. If it’s really just an “opinion”, you should be open and willing to change your mind if the facts point in a different direction. In Mónica Guzmán’s book “I Never Thought of It That Way“, she says: […]

Reading Time: 2 min When trying to accomplish anything, there are usually a lot of different pieces that need to fall into place. While picking an easy place to start can be a good way to build some initial momentum, it’s helpful to see the full scope of things and make sure there isn’t something that might trip you […]

Reading Time: 2 min The “calorie” is an interesting unit of measure. We often think of it in terms of nutrition (“this cookie is 200 calories”), which isn’t wrong, but it’s really a unit of energy. It’s officially described as: The large calorie, food calorie, dietary calorie, or kilogram calorie is defined as the amount of heat needed to […]

Reading Time: 2 min The idea of “the prophet’s dilemma” is interesting to think about. In short, it’s a type of self-defeating prophecy, where the act of predicting something causes it not to happen. The opposite would be a self-fulfilling prophecy, which we see quite often. An example would be thinking that you have stage fright, leading to actual […]

Reading Time: 2 min When something goes wrong, it’s easy to look back and think “it was so obvious that was going to happen, the clues were all there.“ The helpful clues might have been there, but so were thousands of unhelpful clues that only separated themselves after the fact. In Don Norman’s book “The Design of Everyday Things” […]

Reading Time: 2 min I can be a bit pedantic at times, but I do my best not to because I know that I make frequent mistakes as well. In many cases, I just have to accept that some of the “wrong” words that I hear are perfectly acceptable. Phrases like “I could care less” aren’t technically meaningful, but […]

Reading Time: < 1 min When creating a calendar invite or sending a document, I try to name them with the other person in mind. For example, next week I have an item that someone added to my calendar called “Lunch with Mickey”, which is not particularly helpful at a glance. I’ve seen the same with resumes that come in […]