Marcel Mairhofer

Good decisions create time, bad ones consume it. Good initial decisions pay dividends for years, allowing abundant free time and low stress. Poor decisions, on the other hand, consume time, increase anxiety, and drain us of energy.
Multitasking, in short, is not only not thinking, it impairs your ability to think.
 I find for myself that my first... See more

Which project would I most regret not having accomplished by the time I'm 80—given the motivations I have for the foreseeable future?

In the past, trust was purely social (think the caveman days). Then it switched to trusted institutions (banks, governments, companies) which was a step up, but we still had to rely on the other parties goodwill, or their incentive to behave in the right way.
The problem today is that institutions have become the sole gatekeepers of trust. We are

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A decision journal helps you learn from past decisions, think through current decisions, and avoid problems before they happen.
In most organizations your product is decisions. By and large, your success will be the sum of the decisions you make over your career. The problem is it’s not easy to get better at making decisions
The way to test the... See more

The Personal Values exercise Write down the values you passionately care about when pursuing projects.