This month I’m discussing “The Elephant in the Brain” by Kevin Simler and Robin Hanson.
Lesson One: How much of your career is running to stay in the same spot?
Are you getting where you want to be in your career? Explore why there’s a problem of people being too busy and how to move forward.
Further Notes on “Rethinking Discipline”
What does self-discipline mean and how does it work? Even more important, how can it work for you? Learn my current view and strategies about it.
Rethinking Discipline
What is self-discipline? I think everyone has at least a hazy picture of what it means to be self-disciplined. From the outside, self-discipline looks like suppressing impulses to do things you shouldn’t do. Self-discipline means not eating too much, not succumbing to the temptation to check your phone every two minutes, ignoring what you want […]
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