Original from my blog @ strategicintuition.co Evolution, the natural movement toward better adaptation to reality, is one of the greatest forces in the universe. Evolution leads to improvement, improvement helps one get what he/she wants. Thus the desire to evolve is probably humanity’s most universal driving force, and continuous personal…

Note: Originally posted on my blog at strategicintuition.co. In September 2016, I was caught in a company-wide reduction in force (RIF), my first such experience in life. There will be many bigger challenges in life ahead, but I wanted to document this one so that years later, I could look back and relive how I felt and reacted. To people managing career challenges now or in the future, I hope this at least provides some useful food for thought.

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Few years ago, a former colleague gave me this book written by Chicago professor Nicholas Epley. After graduating from CBS in 2015, I finally had time to read it and found it very interesting and insightful. The book is based on studies of neuroscience and psychology, and is filled with…

Charlie Munger never shared his detailed list of mental models, but this post documented 100+ powerful cross-disciplinary concepts, a good reference to keep in the back pocket: Mental Models I Find Repeatedly Useful Around 2003 I came across Charlie Munger’s 1995 speech, The Psychology of Human Misjudgment, which introduced me to how…medium.com An excellent personal investment checklist, I should develop one for myself:

On the heels of Didi announcing the deal to acquire Uber China, The Economist reflected on some of Western media’s historical pride and prejudice against Chinese internet firms in its cover article — “China’s tech trailblazers”. China’s internet market has many unique characteristics — the Great Firewall, government censorship, unique…

Disclaimer: This is a repost from my blog at strategicintuition.co. I cannot claim originality to the framework used here but owe it to Cao Zheng, a former core member of Baidu’s business analysis group, 4399.com chief architect, and a current gaming entrepreneur from China. …