Remarkable Lessons From 2020
...It’ll be fascinating to see how history looks back at 2020 and what big lessons future generations take away from the past year...
Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe - Recommended Book
...An eye-opening, original collection of gorgeous, never-before-seen photographic representations of the 118 elements in the periodic table...
A simple 2 x 2 for choices
...It might be simple, but it’s not always easy. Success doesn’t always mean money, it just means that you got what you were hoping for. And while every project fits into one of the four quadrants, there’s no right answer for any given person or any given moment...
Blueberry-Chia Smoothie
...Also delicious with frozen strawberries or mangoes instead of the pineapple, and with orange juice or any other nut milk for the liquid...
If you don’t know you have it…
...It’s worth putting in regular effort to remind ourselves of what we’ve already got and how it has served us in the past...
The Disappearing Spoon - Recommended Book
...The periodic table is, finally, an anthropological marvel, a human artifact that reflects all of the wonderful and artful and ugly aspects of human beings and how we interact with the physical world—the history of our species written in a compact and elegant script...
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...
Financial New Year’s Resolutions
...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...
The Illusory Truth Effect
...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...
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking - Recommended Book
...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...
How Will You Measure Your Life?
...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...
Garlic Parmesan Bread Wreath
...The softest dinner rolls arranged in cheerful bread wreath, topped with butter parmesan and served with a fragrant garlic parmesan rosemary oil...
Being a Noob
...I think the answer is that there are two sources of feeling like a noob: being stupid, and doing something novel...
That Will Never Work - Recommended Book
...Focus is imperative. Even when the thing you're focusing on seems impossible. Especially then...
Blunders and mistakes
...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 Positive Side of Shame
...The seven habits of effective shaming...
Money Is the Megaphone of Identity
...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...
3 Things Successful People Do - Recommended Book
...success isn’t a list of goals to be checked off one after another. It’s not reaching a destination. Success is a journey...
The Inner Game: Why Trying Too Hard Can Be Counterproductive
...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...
The Greenest Smoothie
...A vegan’s delight, with a gentle bonus buzz from the matcha...
