To Boost Your Output, Add a Constraint
"Limits are an artist's best friend." —Frank Lloyd Wright In his book, "A Whack on the Side of the Head", author and creativity expert...
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Look for Long-Decay Ideas
In describing how he wrote the book, "Mind Wide Open", author Steven Johnson discusses a challenge we're all familiar with—deciding what...
Separate Your Tasks
In their book, "The Courage to be Disliked" authors Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga introduce the reader to Adlerian Psychology. This...
How Innovation Works by Matt Ridley
How Innovation Works examines the key ingredients of successful innovation. Using a host of historical examples, Ridley dispels many of...
Draw the Owl
I recently heard Twilio CEO, Jeff Lawson, interviewed on a podcast. During the conversation, the host asks an intriguing question—"what's...
Essays and Aphorisms by Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer was a renowned nineteenth-century German philosopher. Essays and Aphorisms is a collection of his thoughts on a wide...
Innovation is a Collective Phenomenon
"Innovation is a collective phenomenon that happens between not within brains." Matt Ridley, How Innovation Works In his book, How...
Impact Index: The Phoenix Project
Don't let the title fool you, this book is bigger than IT and DevOps; it is a book about creating order from chaos, about growing up as...
The Soft Zone
External circumstances are beyond our control. High-level performance requires that we learn to work with this fact. If we don't learn...
Entity vs incremental theories of intelligence
Carol Dweck and others argue that there are two competing theories on intelligence. "Entity theorists" attribute success or failure to...
Impact Index: The Tim Ferris Show, Ep. 1409—Brené Brown
Self-acceptance vs complacence | Replace armor with curiosity | Keep your shadows in front of you |
Marriage and the 80/20
Impact Index: Joe Rogan Experience, Ep. 1208—Jordan Peterson
Facing your fears | A call to adventure | Non-linear returns | Play the long game | The optimum load | How to find meaning | And more...
Impact Index: The Knowledge Project, Ep. 60—Jim Dethmer: Leading Above the Line
Leading “above the line” | The antidote to fear | Victim vs creator consciousness | The locus of control | Letting go of ego | And more...