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Does Pessimism Serve You?
Over on Chris Williamson’s “Modern Wisdom” podcast #651, the college professor AND bodybuilder, Dr Mike Israetel, spends time talking about “The Pessimism Fallacy.” His thesis …
Thinking about death?
Back in 2009, the British philosopher, Simon Critchley came out with a delightful read called “The Book Of Dead Philosophers.” Critchley believed that how a …
Leadership is Communication
Back in 1947, on her 21st birthday, Britain’s Princess Elizabeth (who would be crowned Queen Elizabeth II a half-decade later), in a speech to her …
Avoid the Sharks
In the book, “Blue Ocean Strategies,” the authors talk about the difference between “Red Ocean Strategies” and “Blue Ocean Strategies.” “Red” means an ocean awash with …
How Many Reality Gems Do You Have?
This image is inspired by the book, Principles, by Ray Dalio, the founder of the world’s most successful hedge fund, Bridgewater. Early on in the …
Inspiration is Rocket Fuel
Back in 1961, at the height of the Cold War and three years after the creation of NASA, President Kennedy gave his famous “Moonshot” speech. …
Are You A Meaning Making Machine?
“We are meaning-seeking creatures. Dogs, as far as we know, do not agonize about the canine condition, worry about the plight of dogs in other …
Where Are Your Manners?
We all live in a civilization. Call it what you will – American, European, Western, International, Intercontinental, Global – but it’s obviously real. The question …
Jobless Work is Joyless Work
We’ve written before about “Quiet Quitting,” a new name for an old phenomenon that started making the rounds in 2022, where employees commit to just doing …
Why Nothing is Everything
“The void is the form, the form is the void” is a famous idea in the Buddhist Heart Sutra, on the reality of things. Thich …
The One Tech to Rule Them All
A while back, we wrote that Elon’s business model is really all about getting people to talk about Elon. And that model continues to work. …
Pink is the New Black
Browse any type of media from the last few days- TV, Twitter, Instagram etc- and you’ll see endless posts about the new Barbie movie. It …
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