Grant Gochnauer: Awesome Humans — Issue #152
We were off last week due to lack of quality content. We’re back this week with some great material!
Awesome Human
How To Get Ahead In Life And Work: The 70% Rule Explained — taylorpearson.me
This concept of effective vs thorough really resonates with me. I’m totally a 70–90% type person who will very rarely every spend time past getting something behind 90 or 95%. The cost to go from 90–100% is the same cost as 0–90%!
“When you’ve got 90% of a book written, you’re probably about halfway.” “In the industrial economy that dominated the 20th century, it was generally better to err on the thoroughness end of the ETTO Spectrum. It was better to move slow and not break things because the cost of breaking things was high. In a world that is eaten by software, it’s more important to move quickly. You can always move the button around. It’s just a few lines of code.”
The Ultimate Model for Successful and Long-Lasting Behavior Change — betterhumans.coach.me
“How to use the Transtheoretical Model to go from stuck to unstoppable. How can you apply it to make changes in your life more effectively to get unstuck, stop backsliding, and make changes that stick.”
We can’t all be friends — the psychology of mass movements
While this article is centered around some philosophical differences between different groups in the crypto-sphere, it’s a fantastic and relevant commentary on our state of the world. The crypo moment is just a microcosm.
“All mass movements generate in their adherents a readiness to die and a proclivity for united action; all of them, irrespective of the doctrine they preach and the program they project, breed fanaticism, enthusiasm, fervent hope, hatred and intolerance; all of them are capable of releasing a powerful flow of activity in certain departments of life; all of them demand blind faith and single-hearted allegiance”
This Is How To Make Your Life Awesome: 6 Secrets From Research — www.bakadesuyo.com
“There’s a lot of good advice on how to be happier or more productive or how to have better relationships. But tips on how to improve your whole life — something that will last decades and experience countless unpredictable changes — those should be regarded with extreme skepticism.
The only way to really get some good insights would be to follow a lot of people for their entire lives and see what actually works. Luckily, somebody did…
The Study of Adult Development combined three massive longitudinal studies — research projects that followed people from youth until old age — to figure out what makes a good life.”
Healthy Human
Lack of sleep makes people pile on the pounds
“Lack of sleep has long been linked to obesity, but a new study suggests late night snacking may not be the primary culprit. The latest findings provide the most compelling evidence to date that disrupted sleep alters the metabolism and boosts the body’s ability to store fat.
The findings add to mounting scientific evidence on how disrupted sleep influences the usual rhythms of the body clock, raising the risk of a wide range of health problems from heart disease to diabetes.”
Dear Mark: Is Coconut Oil Pure Poison? — www.marksdailyapple.com
“It appears that we’re well into “outrageous media frenzy over terrible or misleading claims by nutrition scientists” season….
Last week I covered the “low-carb” and mortality study, and for this week’s edition of Dear Mark I’m covering the (latest) coconut oil controversy. A Harvard professor recently launched a dramatic harangue against coconut oil, calling it “pure poison.” Is it true this time? Are we indeed killing ourselves? Let’s find out — “
Is the Cure for Alzheimer’s Hiding Inside Us? She Thinks So — www.ozy.com
Annelise Barron is developing a way to treat Alzheimer’s through the immune system.
Human Builders
Reaching Peak Meeting Efficiency — medium.learningbyshipping.com
Comprehensive and fantastic on meeting efficiency! Something that every company struggles with.
“Meetings are either a necessary evil or necessarily evil, depending on who you ask. Meetings are undeniably the most important tool for building a diverse, high-performance team with shared values.”
Floodgate’s Mike Maples: Network Businesses Will Disrupt Your Business — fortune.com
Maples explains how the tech community can harness the power of connections in a world of “networked capitalism.”
How Real Leaders Melt The Iceberg of Ignorance With Humility — corporate-rebels.com
The so-called Iceberg of Ignorance became a legend in contemporary management literature. Here we show how real leaders can melt the iceberg by showing humility.
Future Humans
Yuval Noah Harari on what 2050 has in store for humankind — www.wired.co.uk
I have pre-ordered his next book — very excited!
“In this exclusive extract from his new book, the author of Sapiens reveals what 2050 has in store for humankind”
We Are Merging With Robots. That’s a Good Thing. — www.nytimes.com
The old boundaries of the human self are being blurred by technology. The risks are real, but the potential is astounding.
It’s Not Technology That’s Disrupting Our Jobs — www.nytimes.com
The insecure nature of work is a result of decisions by corporations and policymakers.
One More Thing
Here’s How Much Time You’ll Waste Commuting in Your Lifetime (by City) — www.educateddriver.org
“How many days does the average person spend commuting to and from work over the course of their life?
We did the math for nearly 1,000 US cities. The average American loses 408 days of their life commuting, and in many areas, the toll is even higher.
Using the interactive map below, you can see how many days of your life you can expect to spend to commuting in the city where you live.”

