I remember going to see my doctor when I was 19 and for the first time noticed that after telling him what was going on with me, he went over to his computer and looked it up on whatever the fancier …
Expecting More From Yourself
One of the most destructive things kids learn in traditional schooling is that very little is expected of them. Getting an A grade at school requires very little effort for an intelligent kid or …
Performative Learning
Learning a language is a good lens to view how learning does and doesn't work. Take Duolingo or any popular language learning app, it is 95% masturbatory learning. You are “learning” in the sense …
They may break our bodies, but they need not dominate our minds
One of the pieces of writing I've found most valuable over the past two years is C.S. Lewis' “On Living in an Atomic Age” In one way we think a great deal too much of the atomic bomb. “How are we …
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How to Build Self-Esteem Through Work
"Through work, human beings earn for themselves and their families, make a difficult world habitable, and with imagination create some meaning from what they do and how they do it." David …
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How to Keep Levelling Up Your Skills
I like to listen to the Multiplier Mindset podcast series every couple years, and every time I re-listen I listen, I'm reminded of lots of good and valuable frameworks for thinking about learning and …
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