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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...
Mental Models
In this article, I will explain what mental models actually are, why they are important, why just knowing these mental models is not going to make you smarter, and finally conclude wi...
Your mind as a garden
An useful and interesting mental model to have about your mind is to think of it as a garden where you spend your entire life in.
mind over matter
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.
Learned Helplessness
Martin Seligman famously conducted experiments on dogs where he was able to induce “learned helplessness” in the dogs via electric shocks.
Always be writing
TL;DR: Always be writing, if possible everyday, and if possible on the internet for everyone to read.Writing is a valuable skill worth cultivating. It helps you think better, opens up...
Strive to choose rationality
One of the most basic assumptions in economics is that people make rational decisions. I don’t know if economists are studying people from a different planet, but the assumption of th...
Deliberate Practice: A Guide
Malcom Gladwell popularized the 10,000 hours rule in his famous book Outliers: The Story of Success. The gist of the ten thousand hours rule is that if you want to become a world-clas...
Not smart, but smarter
When I was young, I wanted to grow up and be successful. I mistook being rich to being successful and so I was trying to see how rich people got rich. I found out that some people got...
