Cedric Chin

Neuroplasticity is an oft-quoted scientific idea, used to explain skill acquisition. But it's not actually that useful to the practitioner. Here's why.

The best ideas from Seth Godin's The Dip — which is really about why quitting early and often is so important to success.

Action sheet for doing personal experiments.

How to take ideas from books and blog posts and turn them into effective personal experiments.

Introducing a new membership program for the Commonplace blog. What's in the offering, how much we're charging, and why.

An action sheet for the Commonplace blog post 'Using Inversion'.

The simplest, most useful form of Charlie Munger's 'Inversion' that I've found is to use negative screens in my career. Here's what that looks like.

When reading actionable content, it might be a good idea to read only what you can put to the test.

How learning and using the four theories of truth can help us become better thinkers, better practitioners, and (hopefully!) better writers.

Reading n books a year isn't as bad a goal as you might think. Here's why.