Bad Drivers.
As everyone knows, bad drivers turn what could have been a pleasant experience into an unraveling dystopia. Continue reading Bad Drivers.
Category: Decision Making
The Basics
People would rather pay (with money or their attention) for tips and secrets than eat salads and sleep eight hours each night. Continue reading The Basics
This Salad Tastes Too Good
Truth never damages a cause that is just. — Mahatma Gandhi It is a fact of life that the healthier a salad is, the worse it tastes. You already know how the majority of people cope with this. They dump cheese and dressing on it until it tastes good. Uninterested with a detailed consideration of the … Continue reading This Salad Tastes Too Good
Three Things Matter in Your Twenties
[Instead of telling kids they can be anything they want to be] Tell the kids the truth. You can be anything you’re good at…as long as they’re hiring. And even then it helps to know somebody. — Chris Rock, Tamborine (2018) How irritating would it be if you clicked something suggesting only three things matter … Continue reading Three Things Matter in Your Twenties
An Alternative to New Year’s Resolutions
The world never tells you that you’re wrong; it only gives you outcomes. — Shane Parrish, Farnam Street Kierkegaard, in Either/Or, makes fun of the “busy man” for whom busyness is a way of avoiding an honest self-reckoning. You might wake up in the night and realise that you’re lonely in your marriage, or that you need … Continue reading An Alternative to New Year’s Resolutions
Designing Your Life
design verb de·sign \di-ˈzīn\ 1: to create, fashion, execute, or construct according to plan 2: to plan and fashion artistically or skillfully 3: to intend for a definite purpose There is only one success in life — to be able to spend your life in your own way. — Christopher Morley The chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too strong to be broken. — Warren Buffett … Continue reading Designing Your Life
Quality.
Jiro Dreams of Sushi is the best movie about Steve Jobs ever made. — Chris Dixon Take a moment to consider the following: What is quality? When you drive by Wendy’s and see “Quality is Our Recipe” on the sign you know they are full of shit, but why? This is the paradox: we all have an … Continue reading Quality.
50+ Shades of Gray: Opinions, Mental Models, & Probability
I never allow myself to have an opinion on anything that I don’t know the other side’s argument better than they do. — Charlie Munger, Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Opinions Since no one really talked about this past election, and politics are rarely an emotive topic, let’s use that to introduce the subject of today’s conversation (trust … Continue reading 50+ Shades of Gray: Opinions, Mental Models, & Probability
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