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Simo Hosio, Ph.D.

Simo Hosio, Ph.D.

·Nov 27, 2022

Just Believe in Yourself — But For Real (A Science-First Approach)

Everyone throws around cheap advice like “Just believe in yourself”. How inspirational! And it feels good. You believe in your abilities to believe in yourself for a whopping 3 seconds after that. It’s not a long-term solution. Logically, we all know that. It doesn’t work. If it did, we would…

Self Improvement

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Just Believe in Yourself – But For Real (A Science-First Approach)
Just Believe in Yourself – But For Real (A Science-First Approach)
Self Improvement

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Simo Hosio, Ph.D.

Simo Hosio, Ph.D.

·Oct 2, 2022

Systems Thinking is the Shortcut

I recently won a big personal grant, one that I had been pursuing for six years. For four years, I kept focusing on writing the best possible proposal. I kept rewriting the text, tweaking the idea, trying all kinds of “hacks” in the content and layout, and pretty much tried…

Self Improvement

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Systems Thinking is the Shortcut
Systems Thinking is the Shortcut
Self Improvement

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Simo Hosio, Ph.D.

Simo Hosio, Ph.D.

·Jun 13, 2022

Five Timeless Lessons on Life and Business

In order to multiply your value in your profession, you need to do a handful of things I love to take, entertain, and experiment with all kinds of advice. And you’re going to need to do the same if you want to grow as a professional — staying with the…

Advice

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Five Timeless Lessons from Smart People
Five Timeless Lessons from Smart People
Advice

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Simo Hosio, Ph.D.

Simo Hosio, Ph.D.

·May 23, 2022

My Big Mistake was Listening to Everyone

Two weeks ago, around 9 pm and right after putting the kids to bed, I got a *ding*. An email. You know, the same ding we all get 200 times a day. But this was no ordinary ding. It was the annual grant decision from the Academy of Finland. Typically…

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My Big Mistake was Listening to Everyone
My Big Mistake was Listening to Everyone
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Simo Hosio, Ph.D.

Simo Hosio, Ph.D.

·May 13, 2022

Five Principles from Benjamin Franklin that can Change your Life

Benjamin Franklin is best known as the iconic American polymath: writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat (and out of all things, a printer). Studying how he did all that is a masterclass on productive creativity. Luckily he also documented his own guidelines for us! These five principles from Mr. Franklin can…

Productivity

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Five Principles from Benjamin Franklin that can Change your Life
Five Principles from Benjamin Franklin that can Change your Life
Productivity

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Simo Hosio, Ph.D.

Simo Hosio, Ph.D.

·May 1, 2022

Think more about your thinking

Are there any solutions to the modern chaos around us? That’s what I was wondering just a month ago… I have a few thoughts to offer. And it has to do with where you focus in the now: We always talk about stopping but don’t have the time to do…

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Think more about your thinking
Think more about your thinking

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Simo Hosio, Ph.D.

Simo Hosio, Ph.D.

·Apr 19, 2022

Why Focus?

There’s been a lot of attention on our (lack of) focus over the past years. Best-selling books, such as Deep Work by Cal Newport, have made it very clear that focus is a long-lost art. Too many notifications. Too many blog posts like this. Too much everything. Scientists tend to…

Focus

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Why Focus?
Why Focus?
Focus

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Simo Hosio, Ph.D.

Simo Hosio, Ph.D.

·Sep 30, 2021

Reject the Tyrants Around You

The tyrants are invisible and pervasive around you. Watch out. In one of our all-time favourite books, Poke the Box by Seth Godin, there’s a catchy phrase “Reject the tyranny of being picked.” I’ve mentioned this phrase quite a few times before, but I find myself gravitating back to this…

Growth

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Reject the Tyrants Around You
Reject the Tyrants Around You
Growth

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Simo Hosio, Ph.D.

Simo Hosio, Ph.D.

·Sep 30, 2021

Find Your why or Die Trying

The creator of logotherapy — Victor Frankl — during World War II hypothesized that “people who realize their life’s purpose can survive, whereas people without it die.” …

Self Improvement

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Find Your why or Die Trying
Find Your why or Die Trying
Self Improvement

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Simo Hosio, Ph.D.

Simo Hosio, Ph.D.

·Sep 4, 2021

False Dichotomies, Everywhere

Seeing the world in black and white harms humanity as a whole. Take the pandemic, for example. Oversimplifying complex issues that nobody really can predict has polarised entire nations like nothing before. And it’s all thanks to social media. See what I just did that there? Of course it’s not…

World

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False Dichotomies, Everywhere
False Dichotomies, Everywhere
World

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Simo Hosio, Ph.D.

Simo Hosio, Ph.D.

Ph.D. in Computer Science / Associate Professor at the University of Oulu, Finland / Digital Entrepreneur at kaizenhour.com

Antti Niittyviita

Antti Niittyviita

Today the world doesn’t need your fear or your worry. Now, more than ever, it needs the best version of you!

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