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How To Undermine Your Coworkers With Grace
And how to ensure they can't tell you're doing it
Decision-making
These posts cover how we make decisions, and how to make better decisions.
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The 3 Phases of Your Career: Why The Best Performers Ignore Their Job Descriptions
Your core duties are important, sure, but they’re not where you’ll really have a chance to shine
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What Climate Alarmists Get Wrong About the Science
Solving hard problems in the real world involves more than climate science
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There Has Never Been a Better Time to Be Alive
Whether you are gifted, average, or struggling, this is humanity’s Golden Age
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How to Use Metrics Wisely, Instead of Letting Them Manipulate You
Just because you can measure it doesn’t mean it’s worth pursuing
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Sometimes "Never Give Up" Turns Out To Be Terrible Advice
Great advice in the wrong setting and out of context can become useless advice
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Breaking News: Lawyer Settles Oxford Comma Debate
It’s not a question of style or personal preference. A simple rule of thumb to avoid exposing yourself to needless risk
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How To Identify Hobbies That Are Complete Timewasters
A thought experiment to help your own thinking. This might be more helpful to your happiness than you at first suspect.
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How Not to Be a Sloppy Second Guesser
A short explanation of how risk management actually works.
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The Overwhelming Case for Optimism — Read on to Feel Better Immediately
Bellerjeau’s Law of Human Potential explains why humanity’s future has never looked better
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I Predict an Epic Lawsuit Against Food Companies
We’re unhealthier than ever and someone’s going to pay a staggering amount in damages
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What I Learned Negotiating for a Living
I learned how to get what I wanted most of the time. More important than winning, I learned when not to win