How to Make the Perfect Grain Bowl
...Whether it's a protein, grain, Buddha, or veggie bowl, you'll need these tips to make a great one...
What Makes Life Meaningful? Views From 17 Advanced Economies
...What do people value in life? How much of what gives people satisfaction in their lives is fundamental and shared across cultures, and how much is unique to a given society?...
Manage your energy, not your time
...If everyone has the same number of hours in the day, why do some people seem to get so much more done than others? We’ve heard all the platitudes about everyone having the same 24 hours and time being a finite resource...
Use the 90/10 Rule to Decide Where to Live
...This may seem like an obvious rubric for making a where-to-live decision, but in practice, people very often make their moving choices based on things that seem salient in their minds, but will, in fact, have a minimal impact on their overall satisfaction..
5 Mindsets That Create Success
...Here are five stories from five different people that reveal the mindsets of the most successful among us...
Your Next Five Moves - Recommended Book
...The simple questions in business are binary. Their answer is either yes or no. The trap is believing that all answers are binary. The answer to any question is actually a series of moves deployed in the proper sequence...
Jump in the lake
...After a swim, everything is better...
Make Candied Orange Peel the Quick Way
...This one-step technique simplifies the tedious traditional method...
That Message From the IRS About Your Refund Is a Scam
...Don't click the link—the IRS won't ever text or email you...
How to process all of your inboxes (in under 25 mins)
...Inbox anxiety is no joke. And it always creeps up at the most inopportune moments...
Communications hygiene (and the demise of texting)
...For thirty years, texting has been a powerful medium. It’s the thing that vibrates in our pocket. It promises something urgent, and a reply that’s demanded equally urgently...
Interrupted.
...Time is slippery. Don't waste yours...
Disentangling From Emotionally Immature People - Recommended Book
...Although EIPs may be plenty smart, they avoid self-reflection. Self-justifying and often self-righteous, they rarely question themselves. They focus on their immediate emotions and desires, seemingly oblivious to how they’re impacting others or even their own future...
Leverage
...It’s almost impossible to remove a screw with your bare hands, but easy with a screwdriver...
Easy Chicken Tenders with Lemon & Garlic
...The secret to this easy chicken tenders recipe lies in the tangy lemon-and-garlic drizzle that picks up the savory flavors left in the pan from pan-searing...
The Laws of Simplicity
...“Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious, and adding the meaningful"...
How to Change the Cabin Air Filter in Your Car
...Yes, you're going to be amazed at how gross it is...
Why pessimism sounds smart
...Pessimists sound smart. Optimists make money...
What Student Loan Forgiveness Means for Your Finances
...It’s a good time to take a fresh look at your complete financial picture if part of your debt will go away...
The Black Swan - Recommended Book
...The human mind suffers from three ailments as it comes into contact with history, what I call the triplet of opacity. They are: the illusion of understanding, or how everyone thinks he knows what is going on in a world that is more complicated (or random) than they realize; the retrospective distortion, or how we can assess matters only after the fact, as if they were in a rearview mirror (history seems clearer and more organized in history books than in empirical reality); and the overvaluation of factual information and the handicap of authoritative and learned people, particularly when they create categories—when they “Platonify.”...
