Everytime you go mountaineering, you could have an unforgettable experience or you could die. Many who die while climbing pass because of their singular focus on the summit. Oftentimes people summit a mountain, but die on the route back. Many are so focused on summiting that they take unwise risks Read more
90+% value comes from 10% of what we read. Here’s my favorites from July + August. Books Articles
What was your first kiss like? We may not always love it, but everyone has an answer. Yet at the same time, we often don’t remember our last kiss. After reading the Most Human Human, I realized this phenomenon occurs because my first kiss was totally new, so I learned Read more
What do you want to eat tonight? Such a simple question, but it often floors us. This decision is stressful because it asks so much of the person coming up with places to eat. In this example the man now has to choose a place they like and the woman Read more
90+% value comes from 10% of what we read. Here’s my summary of favorites from May and June. Books Articles
The space between my childhood home and my high school shrank over the past 15 years. While this isn’t strictly true, my perspective shifted once I started running in college. My hypothesis is my perception of distance is tied more to how psychologically far something seems vs how far it Read more
Multiple parents recommended we should pay more for a new stroller then we thought. This surprised me and since we’re about to be making lots of spending decisions for my son, we came up with a two step framework for deciding if we should pay up This creates a 2×2 Read more
“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together” My wife and I recently had our first child and he’s a handful. We’ve only gotten through early parenthood because of family help, particularly my mother-in-law who stayed for 2.5 weeks after our son’s Read more
90+% value comes from 10% of what we read. Here’s my summary of favorites from April. Books Nonviolent Communication by Marshall B Rosenburg Lee Kuan Yew: The Grand Master’s Insights on China, the United States, and the World by Graham Allison and Robert Blackwill Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Read more
Kindness costs nothing but means everything All of our lives are better when we fill it with kindness. After noodling, my two rules I’ve come up with are: Rule #1 – Always be kind and do so immediately Peter Kauffman gave one of my favorite ever speeches in The Multidisciplinary Read more