THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS OF READING THE NEWS Reasoning By Proxy Bias: In an attempt to cope with the insane amount of information we receive constantly over the course of modern day life, we’ve come to rely on proxies in order to balance the cognitive load and better manage our decisions. In effect, we dependContinue reading “05/05/2017 – Repost “THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS OF READING THE NEWS” by Alex Kouts”
Category Archives: Self Improvement
05/01/2017 – Repost “The Stoic Entrepreneur’s 7 Maxims of Personal Growth”
JULY 18, 2016 Philosophy’s absence from the business world is a crucial mistake. By and large ignored by popular culture and forgotten by the media, modern philosophy has been delegated to the classrooms by its own doing. Rather than adapting to the times, modern philosophers have retreated into an ivory tower of abstract intellectualism andContinue reading “05/01/2017 – Repost “The Stoic Entrepreneur’s 7 Maxims of Personal Growth””
04/26/2017 – Resisting Influence by Philip Zimbardo
This was too good not to share on a post to my blog for easy access. Thank you so much for the work you did on this book and throughout your career Prof. Zimbardo! Find more information here – Lucifer Effect Prepared by Philip Zimbardo and Cindy X. Wang A Ten-Step Program to Build Resistance andContinue reading “04/26/2017 – Resisting Influence by Philip Zimbardo”
04/03/2017 – Thoughts on Being a Brain Coach
Today I listened to an interview on a podcast with Jim Kwik & Christine Hassler. The focus of the interview/discussion was around what Jim is known for, Kwik learning. This includes getting into how to learn, memory, and focus. I thought it was a good short introduction to these topics and provided enough value that I wantedContinue reading “04/03/2017 – Thoughts on Being a Brain Coach”
02/01/2017 – Minimize
Minimize: What it means to me is removing all things that do not serve me. It will create a better focus on what matters in life. Let us look at the icon for minimizing windows or apps. I set it as the image on this post. It is a square with 4 different arrows allContinue reading “02/01/2017 – Minimize”
Reading List
Steven Pinker Ron Paul Peter Schiff Noam Chomsky Ayn Rand Nelson Nash Nick Bostrom Tim Ferriss Sam Polk Jeb Kinnison Thomas Sowell Johnathan Haidt Eric Liu and Nick Hanauer – The Gardens of Democracy Hans Hermann Hoppe Henry Hazlitt Sir Ken Robinson Robert Caro Christopher Voss Good to the Core – John Blumberg Shoe DogContinue reading “Reading List”