Reading Time: < 1 minI talk a lot on here about being wrong, and if you read much of what I write you probably have seen some times when I’ve literally been wrong. Thinking through ideas in public like this can lead to that, and I’m ok with it. Part of this comes from Daniel Kahneman’s idea of being […]
Learning
The more you talk, the more you think you learn
Reading Time: < 1 minWhen having conversations with others, we all know that we need to do a better job of listening. As Henry Cloud has said before, empathy comes from listening. To really get to know someone, listen more. However, it doesn’t feel that way. In studies about conversations, the person that talked more often felt that they […]
You can learn more from people’s questions than their answers
Reading Time: 2 minIn any great conversation, questions are being sent back and forth as you go through various topics. While the answers to the questions are certainly a great way to gain insight on the other person, often the question itself will be revealing. I recently heard Adam Grant sum it up like this: “Don’t follow people […]
Do you want to garden your notes or not?
Reading Time: 3 minAs I’ve shared before, I’m all-in on using Obsidian for my note-taking right now. I’m very happy with how things are set up, and it’s working very well for me. As I’ve used various note-taking platforms over the years, I’ve grouped them together in different ways. One way I recently shared was Sync vs Saas […]
Repetition is essential
Reading Time: 2 minI always feel bad when I repeat myself, and that’s creating a disservice to both you and I. I’ll frequently have an idea for a post and think “I can’t do that, I already talked about it before”, which is just silly. I appreciate you reading this post today, but I’m quite confident you can’t […]
When your filter bubble works too well
Reading Time: 2 minOver the past decade or so, most people have been building a filter bubble around themselves — only seeing the content that they want to see, and hiding everything else. Sites like Facebook do it quietly and automatically, meaning you have to really fight if you want to keep a nuanced view of the world. […]
A good plumbing decision with a bad outcome
Reading Time: 2 minI’ve talked on here a lot about good decisions versus good outcomes (and yes, I still think the Seahawks made a good decision). This recently came up for me again with a plumbing issue in our house. While my wife was in the upstairs bath one evening, I swore I heard a drip of water […]
Omission is as bad as commission
Reading Time: 2 minWhen we are faced with a tough decision, it’s human nature to often to default to the status quo. Rather than risk making a change (commission), we simply do nothing (omission). As Annie Duke says in her book “Quit“, the reason is because “we’re more wary of “causing” a bad outcome by acting than “letting […]
Do you skip the hard questions?
Reading Time: < 1 minEvery morning I have a short routine that I go through. It includes publishing this post and working through Duolingo a bit, but it also includes a few games. I play Wordle and compete against my wife (and lose 90% of the time) and I also play the geography game Worldle. I’m pretty good at […]
Choose goals that help you grow along the way
Reading Time: 2 minWhen setting goals for yourself, there are two kinds of them you can go after: those that benefit you along the way, and those that only reward you if you finish. When possible, I try to go after the former. In her book “Quit“, Annie Duke says it this way: There are some goals that […]