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April
Brothers Dan and Chip Heath (Made to Stick, Switch) have a new book out: Decisive – How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work. In Decisive, the Heaths introduce a four-step process designed to counteract the array of biases and irrationality that disrupt our decisions. Here are some of my notes from the lecture [...]
21
February
Play it safe was the perfect propaganda for the industrial economy, but obedience and conformity no longer lead to comfort. You probably already know that or you wouldn’t be reading this blog, but just in case you need a kick in the butt I highly recommend The Icarus Deception: How High Will You Fly? to [...]
20
November
I’m a Seth Godin disciple. And I had been long before I interned with him in the summer of 2008. I read most of his books. “Linchpin” might be the most important career book you ever read. That’s why I’m not quite sure how “The Dip” fell through the cracks. After a great friend, Jenny [...]
7
November
I really like Chris and Julien, but I wasn’t a huge fan of Trust Agents. In their defense, I probably wasn’t their target audience. But because of that, I was fearful that I wouldn’t enjoy The Impact Equation. It was significantly better and much more actionable than their previous installment. The book aims to provide [...]
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August
You and I exist in an extraordinarily complicated stimulus environment, easily the most rapidly moving and complex that has ever existed on this planet. To deal with it, we need shortcuts. We can’t be expected to recognize and analyze all the aspects in each person, event, and situation we encounter in even on day. We [...]
