Life
Gamify your life for behavior change
When you want to change a behavior or habit, it’s not cheating to gamify your life. Here are several gimmicks to help make that change.
Life
Comparing yourself to others diminishes your agency
People think that comparing themselves to others helps them know where they stand. The reality is that comparison reduces agency.
Communication
Intelligence signaling leads to a surprising epiphany about living authentically (maybe)
Intelligence signaling is when you believe one thing and then say something else to show people that you’re smarter than everyone else. It doesn’t work.
The Gray Bear
It’s almost 2026
It’s almost 2026, so you should get this beautiful wall calendar to plan out all your wonderful adventures. Antoinette’s photos, my poetry.
Courage
Why checks and balances on power matter
checks and balances are important because big systems dilute accountability and allow abuses of power that put unfair burdens on low-level functionaries
Uncategorized
Exiting the Decision Circle
Three tips for breaking out of a decision circle. A decision circle happens when you cannot choose between a multitude of good options.
Leadership
Leaders don’t always know what they think they know
With the “illusion of knowledge,” people feel they understand things they actually have little knowledge of. This destroys good decision making by leaders.
Courage
Forget process. Just create.
Forget looking for the “right” creative process. You don’t get great by studying the masters. You get great by doing. Just create.
Writing
Why AI cannot write your book
Write your book to go on a profound journey of self-discovery. Having a book at the end of the process is only a tiny fraction of the value of writing.
Decisions
Procrastination is just borrowed time
Procrastination isn’t about putting tasks off until it’s almost too late. Procrastination is about borrowing time your future self will have to pay back.