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An Update on ‘Consume What You Can Do’

If you can only put two ideas to practice a week, then you're inevitably going to have to deal with a bottleneck of 'to-experiment' ideas.


Reading Quickly is Reading a Lot

Why the best way to get a reading speedup is to read a lot about some specific topic.


Seek Ideas At The Right Level of Abstraction

A thinking trap for those of us who are analytical.


Neuroplasticity is a Pretty Useless Idea for Practice

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.


Knowing The Dip Exists is a Heck of an Advantage

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


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