7 Cognitive Biases That Make Us Suck at Time Management
...Cognitive biases are systematic errors in thinking that distort our decision-making, leading to objectively worse outcomes...
Effort
...Insufficient effort is a shortcut that wasn’t worth taking...Sufficient effort is the goal of the industrial capitalist. Capture the most value with the least work…And then, perhaps, there’s a third option...Expending more effort than most people think is sufficient...
Hands-Off Is NEVER a Helpful Leadership Style
...Be clear that, at times, helping might mean you allow the other person to learn from making a mistake. At other times it might mean some in-the-moment coaching. Or sending a team member to a training class. Hovering is NOT help. Constant correction is NOT helping...
Opera Cake
...a complex chocolate cake...
One Day Of Thanks Is Not Enough: Gratitude is a Daily Practice
...What is in more desperate need of appreciation and perspective are the things you never asked for, the things you worked hard to prevent from happening in the first place. Because that’s where gratitude will make the biggest difference and where we need the most healing...
How to Change - Recommended Book
...If a commitment is bite-size, it appears less daunting to us, and we’re more likely to stick to our word. Making smaller, more frequent commitments is more effective than making larger, less frequent ones, even when they amount to the same commitment...
An Action Plan for Long-Term Care
...The takeaway is that even people who expect to rely on government resources if they develop a long-term-care need should think through the financial and other implications of long-term care for their retirement plans. And people who expect to rely on their own resources or purchase some type of insurance to cover long-term-care expenses should be methodical about it, thinking through their prospective coverage needs and weighing their options...
Crowding the pan
...No matter what it is you’re cooking, if you put too much in the pot, it’s not going to come out as well...Very few things scale forever...
How to set goals (that actually work)
...Goals are good for setting a direction, but systems are best for making progress. A handful of problems arise when you spend too much time thinking about your goals and not enough time designing your systems...
3 Great Charitable-Giving Strategies for Retirees
...For Smaller Givers: Take Advantage of the Deduction Available for Nonitemizers...For Midsize Givers: Use Qualified Charitable Distributions...For Larger Givers: Donate Highly Appreciated Assets From Taxable Accounts...
Chocolate, Pecan, and Pumpkin Seed Pie With Gingersnap Crust
...Earthy and sweet with molasses, rich with cream, and bittersweet with dark chocolate...
How the Best Forecasters Predict Events Such as Election Outcomes
...is suddenly changing your mind really a mark of insight? Major revelations make for memorable stories, but our research shows they rarely represent how the best analytic minds revise their beliefs. Rather than doing a 180, those who excel at making accurate predictions tend to change their beliefs gradually. They revise their predictions to reflect new information, but they do so slowly, comparing it with the information they had before...
Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society - Recommended Book
...The arc of our evolutionary history is long. But it bends toward goodness...
The 40 Best Questions to Ask in an Interview
...When jotting down the questions for your interview panel, focus on your deal breakers: What would make you walk away?...
The Secret to Recruiting Quickly and Retaining Your People
...Because talent is the most valuable part of a startup and also the greatest cost (recruiting and salaries), investing in the infrastructure to attract and retain talent is good business...
Speculation is the new luxury good
...A luxury good is one where the price paid is much higher than the apparent utility it offers. We pay extra precisely because it’s not a good value. The utility lies in how we and our peers think about it. The scarcity and bling of a luxury good are used to increase our status (in our own eyes and those in our cohort)...
Could Required Minimum Distributions Cause You to Withdraw Too Much?
...The mandatory withdrawals that must commence from tax-deferred accounts at age 72 are called required minimum distributions, not required minimum spending...
Pecan-Orange Baklava Pie
...The bourbon-honey syrup and orange zest in the filling add rich, savory flavor, and keep things less sweet than the traditional Middle Eastern treat...
Is It Hoarding, Collecting, or Archiving? Keep? Toss?
...It's hard to accept that stuff we treasure is not valuable to others. Not everyone sees the same potential, or the same uselessness, in an item...
No Limits - Recommended Book
...“Chase two rabbits and you will catch neither.” As you make discoveries, where should you focus your attention? On your strengths. By focusing only on your weaknesses, you can really only move up to average...
