Analyzing a Business Insider piece on the leaders of the series’ Advisory Council — There is no doubt business is changing since the onset of the pandemic in early 2020. Many companies were forced to be more flexible and allow policies such as work from home. Companies have increasingly faced a struggle to retain top talent since before the pandemic and Covid-19 only worsened…

People are dragged along by decisions others make for them — Convention would have us think that the beliefs of the crowd are a safe bet for us to follow. They are a shortcut that allows us to easily come up with an easy answer to common problems. If other people have thought about it in the past and have already…

Everything in life is about perspective. Choose to be harmed and you will be. — I am not very old nor do I think I am very wise. Something that has results and helps me stay sane among jobs, grad school, and relationships is the concept of taking life by the handle I can carry. Imagine a jug with two handles. One is covered in…

With so many books, information, and facts at our disposal, what do we choose to read with our limited time? — Everything now written is a footnote of a former literary work. With so many topics already explored in human history, original thought is difficult. To make matters worse, good, original thoughts are harder to find because of all the books being published. In 1907 there were 9,260 books published in…

We shouldn't forget the initial reasons we started trying to achieve our goals — During the process of achieving your goals, you can often lose sight of what initially motivated you. When you’ve used reason to decide on a course of action that is right for you, it is difficult to keep anxieties and fears away. Worries about money, social status, and opinions of…

Life assaults us at every front with uncomfortable circumstances. We can refuse to let it get to us. — Today I was reflecting on how whenever you go somewhere with a deficit of information, you are often ridiculed by people who have it. For example, everyone has had that professor who when you ask a simple question, acts as if you were stupid. This exists in every area where…

How thinking about a few ideas within a framework can help you and others — Life is a challenging wrestling match against circumstances and ourselves. No one can know the secrets to life or the formula for living it. We can only approximate our best course of action using reason. In an effort to maintain my sanity, I often journal. The “Life of a Stoic”…

Surprising ways that student loans are handicapping Americans — More than half of American college grads graduate with some form of student debt. US student loan debt totals 1.7 Trillion dollars and the average debt of someone from the 2019 graduating class is $28,950. Things get worse when a student decides to go past a Bachelor’s degree — which…

How Amazon is gaslighting human rights advocates — The richest man in the world and CEO of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, has just been involved in a shameless scandal. His company has recently apologized for disputing the obvious fact that their employees pee in bottles to meet company goals and short bathroom breaks. They have been active on their…