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Compounding Optimism

Let me share a little theory I have about optimism, and why progress is so easy to underestimate.

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Paying Attention

Sherlock Holmes says in the book, The Study of Scarlet…

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Expectations Debt

I live in Seattle, and Amazon is our giant.

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The Spectrum of Financial Dependence and Independence

“I did not intend to get rich.

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Vicious Traps

There are times in nature when two plus two equals ten – when two little things combine to form one…

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Some Things I Think

The fastest way to get rich is to go slow.

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One Big Web: A Few Ways the World Works

Joseph Tussman, a UC Berkeley philosophy professor, wrote in the 1960s that, “What the pupil must learn, if he learns…

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What Makes You Happy

Ernest Shackleton’s ship, the Endurance, became stuck in Antarctic ice.

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Mental Liquidity

I recently heard a phrase I love: Mental liquidity.

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Read Old Books

Occasionally, you come across something that really makes you think.

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All Together Now

The Brooklyn Bridge was the largest structure in the western hemisphere when it opened in 1883.

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Psychological Paths of Least Resistance

When faced with a problem, rarely do people ask, “What is the best, perfect, answer to this question?”.

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The Luckier You Are The Nicer You Should Be

An important skill – an incredibly hard one – is identifying when things in your life are temporarily too good…

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