The Hardest Part About Learning Hard Things

It may never get any easier, but it’s always worth it.

The Elements of Good Judgment

Judgment—the ability to combine personal qualities with relevant knowledge and experience to form opinions and make decisions—is “the core of exemplary leadership,” according to Noel Tichy and Warren Bennis (the authors of Judgment: How Winning Leaders Make Great Calls). It is…

Brian Piercy on LinkedIn: The Surprising Value of Obvious Insights

"...Google's people analytics experts had been studying how to onboard new hires effectively. They came back with a list of tips. Here’s the one that jumped…

The Myth of Commoditized Excellence - Barry Hawkins

When we learn new things from grappling with problems, it is natural for us to want to share those learnings with others, in hopes that they will face similar challenges with less of a struggle. How do those well-intended new ideas so often evolve into movements that seem to…

How to Get Rich Without Being Lucky - Naval Ravikant

There is no fixed way of getting rich for anyone. Check out 29 useful tips of how to get rich without being lucky shared by Naval Ravikant.

Learn X in Y Minutes: Scenic Programming Language Tours

How Einstein Learned Physics

Einstein was a student long before he became a celebrity. There is a lot to glean from his education and unique approach to learning.

What Medieval People Got Right About Learning - Scott H Young

Apprenticeships beat schooling. Here's why they're a superior method for learning, and how you can apply this to the things you want to master.

A Framework for First Principles Thinking | Neil Kakkar

Leverage mental models to think better. First Principles Thinking is an excellent model for critical thinking. This post looks at how to practice First Principles Thinking with lots of examples.

How I Rewired My Brain to Become Fluent in Math

The building blocks of understanding are memorization and repetition.

Museum in a Box

A small, friendly device you put museum objects on to hear their stories... It's history that speaks for itself!

Cut out everything that’s not surprising | Derek Sivers

The Cobra Effect: how linear thinking leads to unintended consequences

The world is much more complex than we realise. The Cobra Effect is when an attempted solution results in unintended consequences.

Under-Investigated Fields List (Version 1.0) - matthewmcateer.me

Nominations for fields that are not being researched as much as they should be

Effective learning: Twenty rules of formulating knowledge | SuperMemo.com

This article will help you overcome one of the greatest difficulties you will face when trying to accelerate learning: formulating knowledge.

Deliberate Practice: A Mindful & Methodical Way to Master Any Skill

Each and every day we eat, we sleep, we read, we brush our teeth. So why haven't we all become world-class masters of eating, sleeping, reading, and teeth-brushing?

How to Use Learning Milestones – Itamar Gilad – Medium

In tech we have huge bias for Execution — building things and launching them fast and with the right quality. A million underwhelming…

How to Cultivate Mental Stamina - Scott H Young

Being able to sustain focus is a key to success in work and study. Here's how you can increase your mental stamina with these five strategies.

NPR’s How I Built This: What I Learned from 51 Episodes | Allen Cheng

I listened to 51+ episodes of How I Built This. Here's what I learned about what successful companies have in common.

A Simple Way to Better Remember Things: Draw a Picture

Activating more parts of your brain helps stuff stick.

The Right Way to Use the Wisdom of Crowds

Management teams are responsible for making sense of complex questions. Maybe it’s estimating how much a market will grow next year, or finding the best strategy to beat a competitor. One popular approach for navigating these questions is turning to the “wisdom of crowds” –…

Listen Up, People: Genius Can't Be Taught — Stew ? Fortier

The life-changing art of asking instead of telling

Open new routes to successful conversations with colleagues, friends, and family.

Lumpers and splitters

There are two interesting ways to solve a problem, find a startup or even write a blog post. You can lump two previously disparate categories into one. Or you can split a previously coherent catego…

dbt Labs Blog | Learn from the experts | dbt Labs

Learn more about the data analytics industry, dbt Cloud and dbt Core, as well as company news and updates.

How to Start Your Own Ultralearning Project (Part One)

With a bit of effort, you can learn a new skill in less time than you thought. Here’s the guide for how to go all in.

Comparative Research Done Right

or, Competitive Research the Creative Founder Way For a long time, I’ve been disappointed by competitive research approaches. Most strike me as a bunch of bumbling around and seeing what you see… s…

How to teach yourself hard things

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The Importance of Deep Work & The 30-Hour Method for Learning a New Skill

The latest brain hack to get ahead in Silicon Valley: flashcards

Memorize anything forever, say Silicon Valley's true believers.

If It’s Important, Learn It Repeatedly

A little more than a year ago, a friend took me for lunch in downtown Toronto, and we talked mostly about what we’d been reading. Immediately afterward she marched me to a nearby bookstore and insisted I buy Cal Newport’s Deep Work. She was the second person that week to…

The Generalized Specialist: How Shakespeare, Da Vinci, and Kepler Excelled

Should we generalize or specialize? This article explores how Shakespeare and Da Vinci excelled by branching out from their core competencies.

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What Does It Really Mean to Learn?

A leading computer scientist says it’s “educability,” not intelligence, that matters most.