How Not to Choose Your Career
Most of my outwardly successful friends are unhappy, often without understanding the reasons why.
Martin Hooss Apr 16, 2024
The Motivating Power of Positive Values
In choosing a particular goal, you may not actually be pursuing a positive value, but avoiding a disvalue.
How to Get More Value from Less Content
Acting on and internalizing the content you’re consuming is far more important than how much you consume.
A 2-Minute Strategy for Emotional Regulation
The irony of emotions is that we can feel another emotion about having them: frustration. Here's a short way to deal with your emotions.
Levelup Transformed My Life
For the first time in my life, I was surrounded by exceptional people. People who asked big questions and wanted rational answers.
Make Friends the Ancient Way
Barter, it turns out, can be a surprisingly effective means for finding actual friends.
Accepting that Your Brain’s Not Broken
I’ve studied ADHD thoroughly, and I am now positive I have it. But, ADHD brains are not broken—they simply work differently.
Why I Dropped Out of College
I recently dropped out of college—even though I was an excellent student. I went to the best school in my state, University of Wisconsin, Madison, where I scored a cumulative 96 percent in all my classes and was a year ahead. Why would I leave such a “good” situation?
Improve Relationships, Teams, and Communication with Radical Candor
“Care personally, challenge directly.” These are the basic ideas that management coach Kim Scott suggests for being what she calls “radically candid,” a method of being honest and compassionate, especially when it comes to giving feedback. Her book Radical Candor is aimed at corporate managers, but most of its advice is applicable to any relationship.