Mike "Bagel"
@bagelpuc
Small Business Counselor, Podcaster, Writer, Connector
Mike "Bagel"
liveyourvalues.co
rationality is a method of dealing with uncertainty by devouring information and making simplifying assumptions about the outside world until you can convince yourself that you understand it
hinterlander • Tweet
But finally, I’d like to argue that following the news isn’t just a waste of time, it’s actively unhealthy. Edward Tufte notes that when he used to read the New York Times in the morning, it scrambled his brain with so many different topics that he couldn’t get any real intellectual work done the rest of the day.
Aaron Swartz • I Hate the News (Aaron Swartz's Raw Thought)
I think of my parents and all the people who over-consume the news
Episode AI notes
Rafi Kohan emphasizes the importance of mental toughness in responding to trash talk by promoting self-awareness and self-regulation.
Effective trash talk can serve as a distraction strategy, deflecting opponents' focus, as illustrated by the example of Shep Messine.
Embracing the underdog effect can motivate individuals to overcome
WorkLife with Adam Grant • The Art and Science of Trash Talk With Rafi Kohan
our lives, thanks to their finitude, are inevitably full of activities that we’re doing for the very last time. Just as there will be a final occasion on which I pick up my son—a thought that appalls me, but one that’s hard to deny, since I surely won’t be doing it when he’s thirty—there will be a last time that you visit your childhood home, or... See more
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Offsites — while yes I wrote an entire post on why I think being remote is far superior than requiring IRL, there is obviously something remarkable about being around others who are motivated and building something special alongside of you. We do a once annual offsite to get the full team together. These have been full of breakthroughs, memories,
... See moreBig Desk Energy • The Remote Handbook
Every statistic you come across, everything you read in a textbook, everything you learn from parents or teachers, everything you see or read in the news or on social media, every tenet of conventional wisdom—it’s all indirect knowledge. That’s why perhaps the most important skill of a skilled thinker is knowing when to trust.