Humility is an underrated virtue. For every ten articles I see written about how to improve self-confidence, I only see one that suggests humility might be important at all. I did a quick Google search of “improving confidence” and came up with 9,580,000 results. I did another search with “improving humility” and only got 499,000 […]
$10,000 Ideas
The value of books isn’t the paper it’s the ideas inside. Following this logic, if the ideas you get from a book can help you earn $20,000, then even a steep $10,000 price tag should seem cheap. Ramit Sethi expresses a similar sentiment in his article, “Stop being a loser and pay money to save […]
How to Read Books You Disagree With
Several months ago, I wrote an entry entitled, “Is It Better to Read Books You Disagree With?”. It’s human nature to fill your life with people, books and media that agrees with you. Liberal viewers are more likely to watch The Daily Show than The O’Reilly Factor. Fundamentalist Christian readers would probably prefer reading, Of […]
The Purpose of This Website is to Lose Its Readers
I might be committing blogging suicide by saying this, but I feel the purpose of this blog is to eventually lose all its readers. I fully expect that, at some point, every person who subscribed to read my thoughts will eventually unsubscribe. I’m completely fine with that. The point of any source of information, whether […]
I'm a Wall Street Journal bestselling author, podcast host, computer programmer and an avid reader. Since 2006, I've published weekly essays on this website to help people like you learn and think better. My work has been featured in The New York Times, BBC, TEDx, Pocket, Business Insider and more. I don't promise I have all the answers, just a place to start.