psychology
One of the pinnacles of human existence is to align our innate desire to create with our day-to-day labor.
Evan Armstrong • The Art of Scaling Taste
Who has the right answers but I ignore because they’re not articulate?
Morgan Housel • Same as Ever: Timeless Lessons on Risk, Opportunity and Living a Good Life
. Answer everyday person has right answers but not able to articulate
Exceptional work is always associated with periods of deep concentration.
Kevin Horsley • Unlimited Memory: How to Use Advanced Learning Strategies to Learn Faster, Remember More and be More Productive
Wrong. Retiring is associated with cognitive decline, heart disease, and cancer. Those effects weren’t due to aging but because people stop being active and engaged.
Eric Barker • Barking Up the Wrong Tree: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is (Mostly) Wrong
“A mind that is stretched by new experience can never go back to its old dimensions,” said Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Morgan Housel • Same as Ever: Timeless Lessons on Risk, Opportunity and Living a Good Life
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A society that gives short shrift to the power of something as unquantifiable as imagination and focuses instead on the power of the intellect.
Maria Konnikova • Mastermind
“How much more likely does the flu shot letter make people to get a shot?” and “How can we be sure that this will generalize beyond these two hundred people?” This is why there are two numbers your quantitative research is likely to report: an effect size and a p-value. Effect size answers the first question: it tells you whether the letter was rea
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SEAL class 264 had a 94 percent attrition rate. Of the 256 men who started, only 16 graduated with the class and had a Navy SEAL trident pinned to their uniform.
Eric Barker • Barking Up the Wrong Tree: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is (Mostly) Wrong
why tomorrow’s economy will prize wisdom workers. Let’s dive into their three core skills: emotional clarity, discernment, and connection.
Joe Hudson • Knowledge Work Is Dying—Here’s What Comes Next
Discernment is knowing oneself