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First—and hopefully this is obvious—you have to be transparent. Put it up on the wall where everyone can see it, mention it at every town hall, orient your planning process toward it. The whole point of a good behavioral statement is that it can allow for strong decision making because you can explicitly compare available options against the
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We assume that the more arguments we give, the better our case. In reality, our weakest arguments dilute the strongest. Generally, you’ll only be as convincing as your worst point, so instead of making as many arguments as you can, make only the best.
substack.com • 25 Useful Ideas for 2025
Curiosity: Questions are the answer to improving curiosity. Before you start reading or learning anything, ask yourself motivational questions. Most people ask questions that don’t move them to action.
Kevin Horsley • Unlimited Memory: How to Use Advanced Learning Strategies to Learn Faster, Remember More and be More Productive
Normally and generally men are judged by their ability to produce—except in war, when they are ranked according to their ability to destroy.
Will Durant • The Lessons of History
Religious concerns had to be overcome, and physicians who believed pain was necessary for healing had to be enlightened. What’s more, a new mindset had to arise in both physicians and patients that consciousness could be safely altered in this new and unimagined way.
Jon Queijo • Breakthrough!
Let’s start with the basics: What exactly are semiconductors, and why do they matter so much? Imagine you want to control the flow of electricity—like turning it on, off, or even controlling how much flows through. Semiconductors are special materials that can do just that. They’re not quite like copper, which easily lets electricity flow, and not
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But those who have already developed their thinking through writing can keep the focus on what is interesting for them at the moment and accumulate substantial material just by doing what they most feel like doing. The material will cluster around the questions they returned to most often, so they don’t risk too far of a departure from their
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The inaccuracy of your final answer will now come from the information you threw away when you performed the initial abstraction.
Eugenia Cheng • How to Bake Pi
operational transparency,