Life Lessons
The person who carefully designs their daily routine goes further than the person who negotiates with themselves every day.
—Farnham Street
What Kind of Game are You Playing
In the 1999 tennis book, Extraordinary Tennis for the Ordinary Tennis Player, author Simon Ramo broke down the difference between amateur and professional tennis, writing that they were two different types of games:
Amateur tennis is a Loser's Game: 80% of points are lost on unforced errors. You win by avoiding
Enthusiasm
Being enthusiastic is worth 25 IQ points.
10 Ideas That Changed Our Lives
Last Friday, my friend Ali Abdaal and I hosted a live event at the London School of Economics in front of a sold out crowd of over 500 people.
The topic: 10 ideas that changed our lives.
In the spirit of openness, I want to share those ideas with all of you here today. My hope is that one of them connects with you—the
... See moreIn any given moment we have two options: to step forward into growth or to step back into safety.
— Abraham Maslow
The greatest sign of an ill-regulated mind is to believe things because you wish them to be so.
~ Louis Pasteur
34 Life Lessons from 34 Years
By Sahil Bloom - 8-Jan-25
1. You'll achieve much more by being consistently reliable than by being occasionally extraordinary.
You can get pretty damn far in life by just being someone that people can count on to show up and do the work.
2. You're one year of focus away from people saying you got lucky.
Most people
... See moreThe Most Powerful Paradoxes of Life
by Sahil Bloom
The world is not black and white. Many of life's most important truths appear contradictory on the surface.
A paradox is defined as a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement that, when investigated or explained, may prove to be true.
This piece shares 20 of the most powerful paradoxes of
How to spot a liar: 10 essential tells – from random laughter to copycat gestures | The Guardian
by Zoe Williams
The Traitors has shown just how adept some people are at lying. Here, an ex-FBI agent, a psychologist and a fraud investigator share their best tips for detecting dishonesty.
Twenty-two people in a castle, Claudia Winkleman hamming it up