In Defense of Rugged Individualism and Self Improvement
https://thematthewkent.medium.com/in-defense-of-rugged-individualism-and-self-improvement-9b87bbea410
Only caring about yourself…That’s lazy.
How to Stop Living in ‘Infinite Browsing Mode’
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2021/06/pete-davis-dedicated-infinite-browsing/619039/
Dedicated emerged from a commencement speech Davis gave a few years ago, in which he articulated the …
‘Luxury Beliefs’ Are the Latest Status Symbol for Rich Americans
https://nypost.com/2019/08/17/luxury-beliefs-are-the-latest-status-symbol-for-rich-americans/
White privilege is the luxury belief that took me the longest to understand, because I grew up around poor …
How to Spot an Incompetent Leader
https://hbr.org/2020/03/how-to-spot-an-incompetent-leader
If we want less incompetent men in leadership roles, those responsible for judging candidates need to improve their ability to distinguish …
The Incredible Power of Friendship
https://thegrowtheq.com/the-incredible-power-of-friendship/
Aristotle writes that there are three different kinds of friendship: 1) Friendships based on utility, in which one or both of the parties …
What if Remote Work Didn’t Mean Working From Home?
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/remote-work-not-from-home
The cognitive-science pioneer E. Colin Cherry famously dubbed this “the cocktail party problem”—in reference to the common …
Career Development: What It Really Means to Be a Manager, Director, or VP
https://kellblog.com/2015/03/08/career-development-what-it-really-means-to-be-a-manager-director-or-vp/
I am talking about one of three levels at which people operate: manager, director, and vice …
Your Relationship Will Improve if You Stop Texting to Communicate
https://medium.com/p/878ffc68d52a
“When you text, use it for information, NOT communication.”
A Sunday Evening Ritual That Makes Monday Less Awful
https://medium.com/p/c0353c50883c
Make plans around my “core desired feelings.” I’ve written before about the creative brilliance of Danielle LaPorte and her concept of “core desired feelings.” …
Should Young Americans Be Required to Give a Year of Service?
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/01/opinion/us-national-service-draft.html
Gen. Stanley McChrystal, a former commander of international forces in Afghanistan and head of the “Serve America. Together” …
Daily Rituals by Mason Currey
(“I don’t approve of people who watch television,” he said, “but I am one of them.”)
How Will You Measure Your Life? by Christensen, Allworth, Dillon
People often think that the best way to predict the future is by collecting as much data as possible before making a decision. But this is like driving a car looking only at the rearview …
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey
It is character that communicates most eloquently. As Emerson once put it, “What you are shouts so loudly in my ears I cannot hear what you say.”
Tribe by Sebastian Junger
A person living in a modern city or a suburb can, for the first time in history, go through an entire day—or an entire life—mostly encountering complete strangers. They can be surrounded by others …
‘Belonging Is Stronger Than Facts’: The Age of Misinformation
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/07/world/asia/misinformation-disinformation-fake-news.html
Put more simply, people become more prone to misinformation when three things happen. First, and perhaps most …
6 Strategies for Leading Through Uncertainty
https://hbr.org/2021/04/6-strategies-for-leading-through-uncertainty
Most of us use the terms complex and complicated interchangeably when, in fact, they represent critically different circumstances. …
Finding Ultra by Rich Roll
But of course no matter where I went, I always brought myself with me, so it wasn’t long before I resumed my old ways.
“But if all I do is go slow, how will I ever get fast?” I asked Chris. “The …
How to Do Nothing by Jenny Odell
The point of doing nothing, as I define it, isn’t to return to work refreshed and ready to be more productive, but rather to question what we currently perceive as productive. My argument is …
Slack by Tom DeMarco
Energy is evident in the workplace, but it’s not the energy tinged with fear that comes from being slightly behind on everything.
There has to be an element of present truth to the assertion. The …
When Your Authenticity Is an Act, Something’s Gone Wrong
https://psyche.co/ideas/when-your-authenticity-is-an-act-somethings-gone-wrong
In much of our everyday usage, the term means something more or less analogous to the way that we speak of an object …