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 […]
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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 […]
Tracking where I lack insight
Reading Time: < 1 minI use this blog to help clarify my thinking. When I come across an idea, insight, or quote that gives me pause, I take the time to unpack it here. It’s been fantastic for that. In reading “The Business of Expertise“, though, I wonder if I’m still leaving myself short by not going after specific […]
Winners quit a lot, so learn to fold faster
Reading Time: < 1 minGrit is a powerful attribute to have. If you can fight through adversity, that can be amazing. Many times, though, learning to simply quit can be a better option, as it’ll free up your time to tackle something else rather than being mired in a losing effort. As Annie Duke says in her popular book […]
Clarity comes through articulation
Reading Time: < 1 minI’ve shared many times that I write on here mostly for my own benefit, even just a few days ago with my post on “What am I thinking?“. It’s like David C. Baker said in “The Business of Expertise” when he shared the value of writing a book: The primary beneficiary of every book is […]
Talk less like ChatGPT
Reading Time: < 1 minChatGPT and other AI-writing tools are fantastic, but they still have a type of feel about them. While they mix in some filler words and sentences, it’s pretty easy to tell that they were AI-generated, because they mostly share lists of facts. Is that how you talk? Some people do. In a recent episode of […]
What am I thinking?
Reading Time: < 1 minWhen I first got back into daily blogging in late 2020, I shared a post about why I’m doing this. There are a handful of reasons, but the biggest was to help “sharpen my thoughts”. It’s worked well, and it should continue to help. A quote I heard from Joan Didion (in the book “The […]
The wonderful pain of being morbidly curious
Reading Time: 2 minIn David C. Baker’s excellent book “The Business of Expertise“, he encourages curiosity. In fact, he demands it. If you want to stay relevant in what you do, you need to stay curious. I work hard to stay curious, and David gives an analogy that I found to be very accurate. I find that when […]
Learning versus live tweeting
Reading Time: < 1 minWhen people attend a conference, I find that they often fall into one of two categories. Those that take deep notes, and try to gather all of the knowledge that they can. Those that live tweet throughout the event, sharing as much as possible. Both are great, for sure! They’re different goals and they bring […]
More consumption doesn’t mean you’re better informed
Reading Time: 2 minThe latest episode of the Cortex podcast was quite long (a bit over two hours), but had some fascinating bits in it. Myke has decided to leave Twitter, and much of the discussion was around that. Leaving Twitter is an interesting discussion in and of itself, but it was the higher-level discussion they had about […]