How to get smarter in just 5 minutes

This disgusting title emerges in my newsletter. I call it disgusting because it’s selling a dream that is destructive in nature. A dream that tries to suggest that something deep can be attained quickly. And there is a trick you aren’t aware of, that...

Hello?

You receive a phone call. Hello? It’s hello with a question mark. When we say hello, what we really mean is “who is it?” And yet, we rarely ask “who is it?”. It’s hello – it’s what the world uses. It’s the default....

Disagree and commit

Jeff Bezos famously spoke about the culture at Amazon – disagree and commit. Not everyone will agree to a single point of view. And yet one has to ensure the company moves forward. So you get everyone in a room, have an honest debate about the decision to be...

What are you good at?

How many of you are not quite proud of what you are good at? You perhaps think it’s not what the world would call intellectual. It isn’t math or physics or biology or business or excel or powerpoint or finance or well, cryptocurrency! You perhaps things...

Why do we share?

Why do we share what’s going on in our lives, with other people? Good and bad things? When we know that it’s impossible for someone else to know what we are truly going through? When we know it’s likely they can’t help? When we know it’s...