Strength and Reason Weekend Rubbernecker April 17, 2020 How many times does it seem like the Universe has it in for you? Likethere’s a function in Universe OS whose purpose is to throw the worstjunk at you. And that function is stuck in an endless loop. You keeping smashing the ESC key, but no luck. … Read more Strength and Reason Weekend Rubbernecker: The Universe isn’t out to get you
You’re only as strong as your weakest habit. To that end, you’re setting yourself up to fail if you don’t develop positive habits. But to develop a positive habit, you must know what a habit is. And have some basic strategies to form positive habits. What’s a habit? The definition of a habit is a … Read more Here’s what you need to know about forming habits
Rahm Emanuel said to “never let a serious crisis go to waste.” And our politicians, ever on the lookout for reasons to expand their power and spend our hard-earned money, are complying. But so are the hordes of social media fitness gurus. Anyone can set up an Instagram or Twitter account and declare themselves a … Read more Social media fitness gurus are running to this market faster than politicians can give your tax dollars to its cronies.
We love stories of people who bucked conventional wisdom to achieve incredible success. But not accounting for the failures in these stories is an error that distorts our view of reality. So and so dropped out of high school and started a business while working a paper route. Everyone told our intrepid maverick that X … Read more Survivorship Bias: Dropping Out of School Won’t Make You a Billionaire. I Don’t Care Who Did It.