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How to Win in a Winner-Take-All World

Neil Irwin's 2019 book How to Win is a tactical book on career planning in a the face of macro-economic change.

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A User Review of the Procrastination Equation

Piers Steel's Procrastination Equation is a reasonably effective method of tackling procrastination. Here's a summary of the equation.

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The Five Sources of Uncertainty

From Gary Klein's book The Power of Intuition comes a useful overview of dealing with uncertainty.

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The Three Tiers of Personal Review

Notes on augmenting ‘Get Things Done’ time management with a three-tiered model of personal review.

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Everything You Need to Know About Human Memory Retention

A summary of everything a practitioner needs to know about memory retention when learning, in the pursuit of building career moats.

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In an Age of Knowledge Work, Emotion Regulation is a Superpower

The rise of the knowledge worker is probably linked to the rise of meditation and mindfulness. When you are paid for your thinking, it pays to have your thinking be the best it can possibly be.

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Tiago Forte’s Portfolio Thinking as Time Management Tool

If it's possible to do so, it might be worth it to create a portfolio of mutually-reinforcing career activities. Productivity writer Tiago Forte argues that to do this, consider the point of diminishing returns for each activity, and allocate accordingly.

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A Small Update to Commonplace's Principles

Some minor housekeeping, related to Commonplace's three principles.

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Obviously Awesome

April Dunford's book on product positioning is awesome, and has some overlap with those of us who are interested in positioning an individual career.

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The Dangers of Treating Ideas from Finance as Generalised Self Help

Can we take ideas from finance and apply them to the rest of our lives? I've been acting as it is. The truth isn't that simple.