How to reduce 'attention residue' in your life
...Mundane chores take up our time and headspace. Bundling life admin into specific time slots - known as GYLIO - might be the ultimate act of self-care...
...Mundane chores take up our time and headspace. Bundling life admin into specific time slots - known as GYLIO - might be the ultimate act of self-care...
...The beginning of a new year is a great time to reflect on past achievements and set new aspirations. It’s also an opportunity to determine whether you’re on track with your financial goals and revise them as needed...
...We can’t just pull back and think the illusory truth only applies to other people. It applies to everyone. We’re all responsible for our own beliefs. We can’t pin the blame on the media or social media algorithms or whatever else. When we put effort into thinking about and questioning the information we’re exposed to, we’re less vulnerable to the illusory truth effect. Knowing about the effect is the best way to identify when it’s distorting our worldview. Before we use information as the basis for important decisions, it’s a good idea to verify if it’s true, or if it’s something we’ve just heard a lot...
...The key to good decision making is not knowledge. It is understanding. We are swimming in the former. We are desperately lacking in the latter...
...Don’t worry about the level of individual prominence you have achieved; worry about the individuals you have helped become better people. This is my final recommendation: Think about the metric by which your life will be judged, and make a resolution to live every day so that in the end, your life will be judged a success...
...The softest dinner rolls arranged in cheerful bread wreath, topped with butter parmesan and served with a fragrant garlic parmesan rosemary oil...
...I think the answer is that there are two sources of feeling like a noob: being stupid, and doing something novel...
...Focus is imperative. Even when the thing you're focusing on seems impossible. Especially then...
...For understandable reasons, we spend a lot of time trying to avoid blunders and minimizing mistakes. But if that’s all we do, we’ve given up the chance to do something magical...
...The seven habits of effective shaming...
...If you view the world through the lens of scarcity and survival, money will only amplify that feeling of inadequacy. But if freedom is what defines you, then money will feel abundant, no matter how much you have. If power and influence is what you want, then money will drive the nature of your relationships in that direction...
...success isn’t a list of goals to be checked off one after another. It’s not reaching a destination. Success is a journey...
...Clearly, almost every human activity involves both the outer and inner games. There are always external obstacles between us and our external goals, whether we are seeking wealth, education, reputation, friendship, peace on earth or simply something to eat for dinner. And the inner obstacles are always there; the very mind we use in obtaining our external goals is easily distracted by its tendency to worry, regret, or generally muddle the situation, thereby causing needless difficulties within...
...A vegan’s delight, with a gentle bonus buzz from the matcha...
...Just start...Collect string...Being heroically consistent...Sticking to systems...Rediscovering wonder...
...So self-certain were Long-Term's traders that they borrowed with little concern about the leverage...
...When smart, committed people disagree about the answer to a question, you’ve found a question worth pursuing and a discussion worth having...
...Being vulnerable is not a choice. It’s a reality of living. What we do with that vulnerability can either open doors to deeper connection, or throw up walls that stifle growth and fulfillment...
...Better technology means higher expectations—and higher expectations create more work...A lot of modern overwork is class and status maintenance—for this generation and the next...Technology only frees people from work if the boss—or the government, or the economic system—allows it...
...The third in the bestselling Market Wizards series, this time focusing on the barometer of the economy - the stock market...