Lose Your First 50 Games As Quickly As Possible
The ancient Chinese game of Weiqi is probably better known in the Western world by its Japanese name, Go (Baduk in Korean). Go is a two-player strategy game where players, playing as black or white, take turns placing stones on a grid to claim territory and surround their…
Fail Fast, Fail Often, Fail forward
The specific combination of “Fail early, fail often, but always fail forward” is widely attributed to author and leadership expert John C. Maxwell. He popularized the concept through his 2000 book, Failing Forward: Turning Mistakes into Stepping Stones for Success. But this mantra has been taken up by…
Embrace Failure
One thing that has held me back immensely in life is the fact that I generally avoided challenges that I didn’t believe I would succeed at on my first try. I made the mistake of associating failure with being a loser. But nothing could be further from the…
Novels Worth Reading
The website, InformationIsBeautiful.net put together the infographic below listing novels that all well-rounded adults should have read. Reading the classics brings increasing benefits over time. Here are a few. Novels Everyone Should Read a “consensus cloud” of most mentioned titles from book polls & top 10 lists informationisbeautiful.net→…
American Non-Fiction Books Worth Reading
“A person who won’t read has no advantage over one who can’t read.” – Mark Twain Miriam Quick put together the list of non-fiction books below. Reading high-quality non-fiction brings increasing benefits over time. Here are a few. “If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should…
What is a Dopamine Map?
I’ve shared Chase Hughes’ content before. Chase is founder and CEO of Applied Behavior Research, leading behavior expert, and author. In the video below, Chase describes a psychological self-assessment exercise called a Dopamine Map. Here is a mock-up of what your dopamine map could look like. You can…
