Self Improvement

Regardless who you are — be it a specialist (someone who knows a lot about a little), one of the fabled unicorn-esque t-shaped people (who are specialists, but also generalists) or a pure generalist (“miles wide and inches…

I have been traveling quite a bit the last couple of weeks (which might explain why my pace of writing has somewhat slowed down). During my most recent trip, I had dinner with one of our fellow Heretics who remarked on my post “On Being Right,” mentioning that it is often hard…

Here at Singularity University, we challenge people to “positively impact a billion people.” Not just a tall order but also the purest form of scaling wide — affecting the largest amount of individuals possible.

Yesterday Kevin Starr (kevin starr), Managing Director of the Mulago Foundation, joined me for a fireside chat at Singularity University’s Global Solutions Program. Kevin is a real rock star (no pun!) in the impact investing space, being one of the earliest actors in the field continuously pushing the…

Yesterday, at Singularity University’s Global Solutions Program, we debriefed a Strengths Profile test we made all our participants take. It’s an incredibly useful tool to not only understand your strengths and weaknesses but also use this insight in your teams.

Deliberate practice, the type of practice which is purposeful and systematic, is the best way to improve your performance. You learn and get better at doing things by challenging yourself just…