100 years ago "the economy" didn't exist. Yes, there was economic activity, but there was no one out there measuring how "the economy" performed this quarter. It just didn't make sense to talk about …
Which do you put at ease? Your brain or your wallet
There are two main ways to buy things: individual items, or a subscription. We're talking about any type of membership, or season passes. When you sessions individually, you almost always spend …
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Effortless is overrated
Being effortlessly good at something isn't as great as we make it out to be. I think it’s actually rewarding to work hard and then see our progress. For example, on my favorite episode of The Art of …
The oddity of a human experience
It's odd that we live such a populated existence that we fail to acknowledge the majority of humans we encounter in a given day. After walking by so many people and actively refusing to look at them, …
Whether or not it empowers us
"In 1620 Francis Bacon published a scientific manifesto titled The New Instrument. In it he argued that "knowledge is power." The test of "knowledge" is not whether it is true, but whether it empowers …
Becoming more creative is all about understanding this one principle
You need to have more ideas bad before you can have more good ideas. That's it. If you feel like you're not creative, it's simply because you're afraid of having bad ideas. There's no such thing as …
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