...Munger believes that by using a range of different models from many different disciplines—psychology, history, mathematics, physics, philosophy, biology, and so on—a person can use the combined output of the synthesis to produce something that has more value than the sum of its parts...
...This is a list of things you’re allowed to do that you thought you weren’t, or didn’t even know you could...
...This exercise is intended to help you put your life and the lives of the people you care about in perspective and to plan for the future to help you get the life you want...
...Networking isn’t easy, and if you’re a semi-introvert like me, it’s also not particularly fun. I even find the word “networking” a little cheesy...
...Iconic typography designer Paula Scher discusses her creative process, including the famous Citi logo. Interestingly, the idea came to her in seconds and that presented a problem for the client. They wanted to buy a process not an outcome....
...So many of us feel a scarcity of time: we feel rushed, like there’s not enough time to do everything, always behind, never feeling like we’re doing enough...
...It’s an easy thing to tell ourselves about compliance to any dominant system. But it’s incomplete...
...I started collecting rules that I read every morning. Each rule points to a personal story. These are reminders...
... It's up to each person to prepare and to figure out what use of this face time is most productive for them...
...No skill is more valuable or harder to come by than the ability to critically think through problems...
...Even if you have a great product, growing revenue, and a steady talent pipeline, if you run out of cash, your company is dead...
...“The odds of winning the lottery are the same whether you buy a ticket or not”...
...Spotify has about 11 million artists, but 50% of all streams are generated by only 3,300 artists. That’s insane...
...If you want to learn what people want and use that knowledge to build stronger relationships, this book will help you...
...I’ve brought it to use before surgery, on planes, beaches, in cars, lines, waiting rooms, helicopters, at the White House, at the DMV, to zoos and parks, car dealerships and shopping malls, while waiting for a movie to start, and on and on...
...It took me two minutes to come up with the sentence you are reading now...
...Some people don’t care if it’s delicious, as long as it’s interesting...
...The finance and hedge fund industries were booming and few knew about the lurking crisis...
...Each day we are confronted with hundreds, probably thousands of decisions. Most of which are insignificant or unimportant or both. Do we really need a whole aisle for toothpaste?..
...A founder explores his journey with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)...
