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Framework to Define “Smart”

Framework to Define “Smart”

You want smart friends, smart colleagues, smart leaders and hire smart employees. But how does one go about determining if someone is…
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Great Ideas are Fragile

Great Ideas are Fragile

That’s what Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI and the former president of Y-Combinator, said on Tyler Cowen’s podcast.
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Measuring Dicks with Skyscrapers

Measuring Dicks with Skyscrapers

A skyscraper is not aspirational architecture. It’s like an XXXL soda cup at a convenience store.
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Marco Pierre White on Dreams

Marco Pierre White on Dreams

Marco Pierre White is the first British chef to win three Michelin stars. He is known as the godfather of British gastronomy and the man…
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Practicing to be Nobody-But-Yourself

Practicing to be Nobody-But-Yourself

The lesson comes from E E Cummings’s A Poet’s Advice to Students.
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Rethinking Metcalfe’s Law

Rethinking Metcalfe’s Law

Enter a room of investors and entrepreneurs and it would be hard to leave without having heard the term network effect. Its network effect…
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Ecstatic Truth & Relative Truth

Ecstatic Truth & Relative Truth

Per Werner Herzog, there are two types of truths. There is ecstatic truth and the accountant’s truth.
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Robert Frost’s Advice

Robert Frost’s Advice

“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I — I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.” — Robert Frost.
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On Reading

On Reading

I think it’s fair to say most people read with the goal of learning something new. But oh how much of a struggle that truly is!
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Understanding the Subconscious

Understanding the Subconscious

Our subconscious is the most powerful computer out there. In a world obsessed with data, precision, and perfection this seems overlooked.
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Low-Quality People in Tech Companies

Low-Quality People in Tech Companies

I noticed a trend of smart friends work for companies like Uber, Shopify, and Airbnb.
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Rationalizations Driving Stasis in Office Design

Rationalizations Driving Stasis in Office Design

I learned about how a man named Robert Propst, a professor of fine arts, was responsible for introducing the office cubicles to modern…
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Pushing the Body to Push the Mind

Pushing the Body to Push the Mind

I recently finished watching the Amazon Prime series called The World’s Toughest Race (spoiler alert in the essay). It was the revival of…
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The Arrogance in Ideas

The Arrogance in Ideas

What if my investment ideas were a symptom of my arrogance? To think an opportunity exists in the public markets carries an implied belief…
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Modern Science proves how the Ancient Wisdom of Medicinal Mushrooms can help improve energy…

Modern Science proves how the Ancient Wisdom of Medicinal Mushrooms...

It seems that everyone is talking about psychedelic mushrooms and how they can help manage mental health challenges. Research on psilocybin…
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David King
3 Minutes with Lin Manuel Miranda Will Teach You All About Leveling Up

3 Minutes with Lin Manuel Miranda Will Teach You All About Leveling Up

When was the last time you dared yourself to go further?
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Todd Brison
The Expression is “A *Body* of Work”

The Expression is “A *Body* of Work”

Not “7 identical heads worth of work”
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Todd Brison
The Outstanding Power of Oversimplified Advice

The Outstanding Power of Oversimplified Advice

What to do when you learn the truth… but not the whole truth
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Todd Brison
Why Creative People Should Never Worry About Running Out of Ideas

Why Creative People Should Never Worry About Running Out of Ideas

“You are poetry, my dear. This is only trying to be.” — Emily Dickinson
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Todd Brison
A Shorter Route to Choosing the Right Job for You

A Shorter Route to Choosing the Right Job for You

“Does your work smell good?”
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Todd Brison
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