The Shallows
The Shallows – written by Nick Carr, is an insightful book. At times it is boring and the point is made very slowly, but overall the main takeaways from the book are very important! In this post I give...
View ArticleMyodesopsia
I have myodesopsia in my right eye, though the shape of it doesn’t much resemble the ones you see in most pictures. Mine is cooler. One day, slightly over a year ago, I first noticed that I had a black...
View ArticleHow Heuristic Decision Making Works
Heuristic decision making is a the process by which the brain solves problems, and relieves doubt, with the least amount of energy possible. This means your brain takes a mental shortcut to avoid...
View ArticleUse Dunbar’s Number to Create Your Own Reality
I walk into my corridor kitchen only to find people laying in the couch watching TV. They are watching some Harry Potter movie. They start complaining loudly —in a surprised way— when suddenly the...
View ArticleHow to Use Social Proof to Your Advantage
I’ve gotten treated much better by people in the past six months than I have ever before. Why is this? While it’s true that I may have got smarter or better looking during this period of time, it’s not...
View ArticleWhy You Should Compare Yourself to the Greatest Men in History
Hey friend, Today you’re going to learn to do something that’s incredibly important in the long-term. There isn’t much to explain, but there’s much to do. What I’m about to tell you is what I believe...
View ArticleThe “Non-Woo” Version of The Law of Attraction (And How You Can Practice it...
The Law of Attraction actually works. But not in the way that most people think it does. I recently got $1000 deposited into my bank account for no reason. That’s enough money to sustain me for an...
View ArticleHow to Find People Worthy of Your Time and Get Them to Like You
Do you think it’s hard to find people you’d want to surround yourself with — intelligent people who actually do things? I know I do did. And it’s definitely one of the things that you need to get on...
View ArticleHow to Overcome the Fear of Failure and Develop the Will to Win
Have you ever felt like you cared more about “not failing” than you cared about winning? That you cared more about “appearing to be badass” than you cared about doing the things required to become a...
View ArticleBecome Someone Worth Helping
Some people think that the world is out to get them, and that there’s some kind of organized conspiracy going on by unknown bad guys, to keep them from rising up. Are they right? Of course not. That’s...
View ArticleThe Secret To How You Can Get the Benefits of Being An Expert Without Putting...
Our society is obsessed with so-called experts. From a young age, you are told to “study this” or “do that”. You’re told to apply to this college or that university. You’re told to get this degree or...
View ArticleHow To Understand And Use The Power of Incremental Change (and why most...
I’ve often had the bad luck of being trapped in the same room with irritating flies. This really annoyed me. . . . . .Until I learned a really smart method for killing those bastards. And it works...
View ArticleHow to Become a Momentum Machine: Combine Powerful Psychological Principles...
“You’re a machine!” “You’re always doing some stuff, it’s like you’re a machine man.” “You’re a freaking machine dude — you just keep going forward.” (Etc.,) A lot of people have told me I’m a...
View ArticleThink Like an Investor: Why Rationality Trumps High IQ
I was watching a video on YouTube of Warren Buffet giving a speech and I saw this comment. It made me snicker. Yes. It’s easy to be a smart-ass in hindsight. But it’s hard to be smart — and put your...
View ArticleHow to Have Awesome Workouts [Warning: you may become addicted]
It’s 4 PM. That means it’s time to hit the gym. I’ve been looking forward to this all day long. I don’t need to get ready. I got ready an hour ago. I am already wearing my gym clothes. I am prepared...
View ArticleThe Intelligent Man’s Guide to: Mainstream Media And Mass Culture
“No. . . I don’t like this! Why can’t there be any happy news? This is no fun.” So said: (a) Britney Spears or (b) Robin Williams or (c) Nelson Mandela. The correct answer is none of the above. It was...
View ArticleThe Intelligent Man’s Guide to: Consumerism (Part 1: PR and Advertising)
Alternative title: How Culture Got Hijacked to Sell You a Bunch of Stuff You Don’t Need Breakfast was invented to sell bacon. The catchphrase used–and regurgitated by all the confused consumers–was the...
View ArticleThe Intelligent Man’s Guide to: Consumerism (Part 4: The Confused Consumer)
Once upon a time, James Bond was a genuine badass. Now, James Bond is only a symbol of manliness for the confused consumer, who doesn’t have any better role models in his life. The newer James Bond...
View Article15 Lessons Learned from Mikael Syding
We had just finished a 2-hour workout and got out of the gym. —Now I was going to pick Mikael’s brain: was he going to head a new billion-dollar hedge fund, take one of the CEO positions he had been...
View ArticleNoble Indulgence: The Ultimate Trick for Self-Delusion
“If you make people perform a noble duty, it bores them. If you make them indulge themselves, it shames them, but combine the two and you’ve got them.” ~Gail Wynand A noble indulgence is a compelling...
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