Why Math Class Is Boring—and What to Do About It
...We should probably let go of the idea that doing math is about getting the right answer. Being creative is never about getting to a destination...
With certainty
...A 98% chance is dramatically different than a 100% certainty...
The 25 Micro-Habits of High-Impact Managers
...Resist the urge to multitask...
Build for Tomorrow - Recommended Book
...The what is mere habit. It’s an idea that makes sense until it doesn’t. The what can fly away in the wind. But the why? The why is drilled into the ground...
Turbulence: Everything You Need To Know
...For all intents and purposes, a plane cannot be flipped upside-down, thrown into a tailspin, or otherwise flung from the sky by even the mightiest gust or air pocket...
Macaroni Pudding
...All of the ingredients for this recipe are likely to be in your kitchen already, so you can make this dessert at any time...
How Description Leads to Understanding
...Describing something with accuracy forces you to learn more about it. In this way, description can be a tool for learning...
Changing Your Mind Can Make You Less Anxious
...Humans are programmed to think we’re right at all costs. Fighting that instinct will set you free...
Do you take things personally? (And who doesn’t?) Here’s how to stop
...By shifting my focus from “me” to “we”, I won’t take it so personally. If I try to see the intention of the other person, I make space for understanding rather than irritation...
We forgot to choose
...more of too many things is too much...
The Happiness Trap - Recommended Book
...Similarly, you can appreciate your life’s journey even when it’s uncomfortable, but it’s unrealistic to expect that you will always enjoy it...
Time Management Won’t Save You
...A better approach is to reduce the number of tasks we take on in the first place, institute concrete principles for deciding what categories of things you won’t do, and create structures such as instituting a day when no meetings will be held...
White Chocolate Orzo Pudding
...Serve with crushed amaretti cookies sprinkled on top...
Sometimes, paying attention means we see the world less clearly
...What we really need is a way of deciding the point at which attention stops being beneficial for knowledge, and strays over into distorting things...
The Precautionary Principle: Better Safe than Sorry?
...We all face decisions every day that involve balancing risk. The Precautionary Principle is a tool that helps us determine when a particular choice is worth taking a gamble on, or when we need to sit tight and collect more information...
Steady state and the trigger for change
...Setting the triggers for action is best done in advance, and maintained regularly. Waiting for a crisis is expensive and risky...
You’ve Reached an Inflection Point in Your Career. What Now?
...Developing a practice of pausing to regulate, resource, and reorient before we respond can counteract the threat response and help us to be more curious and creative in the face of what now? moments, even when we’re not sure what comes next...
Triggers - Recommended Book
...That’s what makes adult behavioral change so hard. If you want to be a better partner at home or a better manager at work, you not only have to change your ways, you have to get some buy-in from your partner or co-workers. Everyone around you has to recognize that you’re changing. Relying on other people increases the degree of difficulty exponentially...
Seizing The Middle: Chess Strategy in Business
...To control the game, one tries to control as much of the board as possible. At the outset, using your pieces to seize the middle of the playing field is a great strategy, because it gives you the widest possible vantage point from which to control the movement of the other pieces...
Very famous tahini cookies
...You can slip a piece of good chocolate inside each ball if you want. You can bake shorter or longer–depends on how soft you want them...
