Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Surviving Early Childhood if Modern Motherhood isn’t Your Calling
I pride myself on doing things a little differently, on doing things that give me joy when it might embarrass someone else. So when I found out I was pregnant with twins, I was pretty excited because it was gonna be a little different. But I also . . . wasn’t excited about the basic…
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The First Twenty Hours
By Josh Kaufman If our life is good for one thing, it’s the ride. I want to go out being able to do everything I ever dreamed of. Will this book make that happen? 10 Principles of Skill Acquisition 10 Principals for Effective Learning
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What it Takes
By Stephen A Schwarzman Honestly, here’s a guy that basically knew he was hot stuff from the start and his parents set him up from the start. He seems to get what he wants and when it doesn’t work out, he learns his lesson instantly and never repeats his mistakes. Wish it were like that…
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How to Change
By Katy Milkman – Buy It Getting started: Impulsivity: Procrastination Forgetfulness: Laziness: Confidence: Conformity:
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No, AI won’t replace you – unless you’re terrible.
My team thinks doing quizzes will help with training retention, and I thought, hey . . . what if AI could do it for us? Plug in the HR manual and see what it makes? Garbage. It makes garbage. What’s not allowed on company property? Pick ONE.A. FirearmsB. Girl Scout CookiesC. Illegal drugsD. Intolerance to…
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Boundary Setting = Peace
The theme of the week personally and professionally has been “set those boundaries.” In the course of a day, I generally am met with people who are skilled at navigating emotions and feelings, because that’s who I choose to spend time with. But when I step outside my safety zone, I’m always honestly surprised at…
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Contagious: Why things catch on
By Jonah Berger – Buy It I’ve gone viral online before, and I have a pretty trendy business. Let’s see what Berger says about that pathway to success. Six principles of contagious
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Get the fancy chair – and other desk optimizations
When I was 23, I had a boss that bought these crazy expensive chairs and had me build them. She told me that years of desk work to not get work related sitting injuries was important. The day I finally realized that my work was transitioning from adventuring and physical labor (my early twenties was…
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Recruiting Candidates – I learned the hard way so you don’t have to.
I have seen so much junk on social media trying to pin poor candidates on trying to hire for diversity – and I want to emphasize that it is junk. There are two ways to hire: passively or actively. It is as it has always been: we are lazy creatures and the idea of looking…
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Outlive – By Peter Attia MD
I think most everyone knows medicine isn’t fully awesome. The system for sure isn’t, but if you’ve ever fought for a diagnosis, you know there’s a limit to how we train western medicine practitioners. Lots of us rely on alternatives, like ancient Asian medicine and others to supplement western medicine. Attia’s perspective is actually even…
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