Amateurs obsess over tools, pros over mastery
...Anyone who posts silly lists like "15 AI tools you can't miss" is truly the one who is lost...
The Noise Bottleneck: When More Information is Harmful
...as you consume more data and the ratio of noise to signal increases, the less you know about what’s going on and the more inadvertent trouble you are likely to cause...
How to Do Great Work
...If you collected lists of techniques for doing great work in a lot of different fields, what would the intersection look like? I decided to find out by making it...
Diagnostics
...“If it breaks, we’ll know how to fix it"...
No Ego - Recommended Book
...The simple question “What would great look like right now?” is completely disarming. It demands that people reflect on their own contribution to great results. It stops emotional waste in its tracks. It relies on a positive belief that everyone is capable and smart and knows what great looks like...
You can't "solve" procrastination
...You can't solve procrastination any more than you can solve cooking. Procrastination is different for every task, the same way that mastery is different for every dish...
Chicken Tortilla Soup with Charred Corn and Fire-Roasted Tomatoes
...This chicken tortilla soup, flavored with charred corn and fire-roasted tomatoes, warmed by green chilis and chipotle, is served with toasted tortilla strips and grated cotija cheese...
Conflict Isn’t the Problem. Lingering Is.
...The best teams aren’t free of conflict. They’re free of lingering conflict...
Daniel Dennett: Tools for Critical Thinking
...To learn, we need to make mistakes. Rather than running away from our mistakes, we need to take the time to reflect on them. Reflection is the key to learning...
Friending
...Three decades ago, 55% of men reported having at least six close friends — plenty for a pickup basketball game. Today only 27% of men can say the same...
Hi beams
...Living in community requires us to be a bit less short-term selfish than we might be if we’re on our own...
Tightwads and Spendthrifts - Recommended Book
...When you’re debating a material purchase, usually let the tightwad win. When you’re debating an experiential purchase, usually let the spendthrift win...
How to Set Boundaries: 11 Ways to Draw the Line Politely
...One of the most important yet overlooked social skills is setting boundaries...
Grilled Flank Steak with Herby-Green Sauce (Chimichurri)
...Tender, juicy flank steak topped with a bright and herby sauce is an ideal addition to any plate...
Superlinear Returns
...Teachers and coaches implicitly told us the returns were linear. "You get out," I heard a thousand times, "what you put in." They meant well, but this is rarely true. If your product is only half as good as your competitor's, you don't get half as many customers. You get no customers, and you go out of business...
The Psychology of Human Misjudgment, by Charlie Munger
...The Psychology of Human Misjudgment is the magnum opus on why we behave as we do. Below is the fully revised talk...
How Hard Should I Push Myself?
...What the science of stress tells us about peak performance...
Notes to myself
...A good deal is better than a big deal...
How to Have a Good Day - Recommended Book
...another reason so many of us often feel overloaded is because of something called the planning fallacy.1 This describes the fact that we typically expect tasks to take less time than they actually do, because we base our estimates on one standout memory—our best past experience—rather than the average time it’s taken us to do similar tasks in the past...
Discount rates in venture backed startups
...This may seem like a dumb thing to get worked up over, but it makes a difference. A hundred dollars ten years from now is worth $39 today if you discount it at 10% per year; it is worth about $3.50—less than one-tenth the amount—if you discount it at 40% per year...
