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Identify the real problem with Iceberg Analysis
Everyone knows that prevention is better than cure. Yet, when we face a problem, we often identify a cure and move on instead of understanding the source of the problem and preventing it from happe...
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Identify the real problem with Iceberg Analysis
Everyone knows that prevention is better than cure. Yet, when we face a problem, we often identify a cure and move on instead of understanding the source of the problem and preventing...
The planning fallacy
The Sydney Opera house sits majestically on the Sydney Harbor, and as the most popular tourist spot in Australia, it is visited by millions of people every year. The construction bega...
Thinking about how we think about Climate change
Climate change is our most urgent problem, and it is already here and wreaking havoc. Yet, people are not changing their behavior fast enough. Heck, there are even climate change deni...
Put compounding to work by focusing on fewer things
Most of us tend to do too many things. We sign up for many projects at work, start different side-projects at home. We are always planning what to buy next or how to fix something at ...
Iatrogenics
Iatrogenics. That’s a fancy word that I came across in Antifragile by Taleb. Iatrogenics refers to a situation when intervention causes more harm than good. A more straightforward ter...
Why read books
Malcolm X was nobody at age 21. He didn’t know how to read or write. He was sentenced to prison for 10 years for burglary and larceny. But his life changed there when he learned how t...
How to get startup ideas
Startups are in the business of changing the world.They solve problems. They produce something meaningful.
The Additive Cognitive Bias
People are surprisingly good at adding to rather than subtracting away.
Find the balance in minimalism
Minimalism has become something of a craze recently. Countless books have been written about this topic, and the word minimalism evokes a dreamy sense of freedom: minimize belongings ...
Produce more, Consume less
Take a moment to figure out how much time you spend producing vs. consuming.
