Health

Can I afford this? Should I?

I am a big fan of the budgeting software You Need a Budget (YNAB). I like the interface. I like the method. I…

Who decides what you like?

Have you ever been to a restaurant that was written about poorly and yet thoroughly enjoyed it? Chance are…

The fast vs slow death

Whenever I give talks about the stakes of failure and the importance of what evidence-based practice, the contrast is…

No one can work out for you.

Delegation is a trendy productivity hack. From the Four Hour Work Week to the Full Focus planner, offloading…

The robots are coming

The AI that is coming will be nothing like the AI that is here. But we have glimpses of what is to come. Algorithms that…

Why the first word is no.

Most people think the most common word that a baby speaks is “da-da” or “ma-ma”. And this is true when we consider…

How can you tell if a study is good?

In the years that I wrote Evidence-Based Fitness, one of the most common questions I got from…

Sometimes things change because they have to. Not because they’re better.

How many times can you make it from scratch?

I like to mix cocktails as a hobby. It’s fun to explore not only different…

Why correlation is actually problematic (and it’s not a causation problem)