Betterment

Friction is not a friend. Friction is either an enemy or a beneficial evil. Don’t commit the Friction Fallacy! Set up your Zettelkasten so that it runs smoothly for the rest of your life.

Even though yeast is far more reliable than it used to be, many bakers still proof it before investing the time and materials to bake a loaf of bread. The extra few minutes waiting for it to bloom …

Are entrepreneurs professionals? In professional fields, like law, medicine or accounting, it’s expected that you’ve done the reading. A professional has seen what has come before, unde…

It’s a new year, which means people everywhere are making resolutions about what they’re going to add to their lives. More exercise. New routines. A fresh system that will finally get everything they’ve got going on dialed in. There’s nothing wrong with trying to add good things to your life. But there’s another, often more […]

In a world where AI can generate the solution to many problems, human creativity may depend on finding the right problems to solve.

Every year, on the first weekend of the year, it’s probably worth replacing the dried spices in your pantry. The best, freshest spices still taste like the spice that’s on the label, bu…

Bryan Cantrill: Love your customers At Oxide, we believe that the best companies—the most enduring ones—love their customers, and we have made this explicit in our mission. I had a mentor years ago tell me, "don't fall in love with the product, fall in love with the problem"

This post on Twitter is notable: This guy literally builds a full AI app from scratch in 45 mins First off, the app is not super useful and there is a lot of work to be done before this is ready for production, but hey, it’s still quite a

By the time you get around to embracing the fashion of the moment, it’s almost certainly too late. The leading edge is defined by the fact that most of us aren’t on it.

An essential feature of every bottle is the neck. No neck, no bottle. There are bottlenecks in every process, every project and every method. Something is limited. We can pretend that’s not t…

If you went back 45 years, the built world would be eerily similar–the clothes, the cars, even the haircuts. Except you’d quickly notice that there were no personal computers and no sma…

Discover 10 powerful books wealthy people read to build mindset, discipline, and success habits often overlooked by middle-class readers worldwide.

Perhaps this has happened to you: You’re at the reference desk of the library, with the answer to any question available–and you can’t think of anything to ask. And there’s …

Have you ever had that one colleague you just clicked with? You get how they think, they get how you think, you share a common vision, you're both honest

Have you performed well?

How to design a deep knowledge work session with your Zettelkasten. The goal is to maximize the time spend in deep focus.

Each element of your workflow has a specific effect. You might compare it to key training sessions like explosive strength training or circuit training. Together they make (or break) your practice.

If you want to get started, but feel stuck reading endless articles, this is your call to action.

Not all note-taking systems are created equal. You can use these universal questions to analyze yours and maybe make adjustments in the new year.

On poison and high voltage wires, the label clearly informs us that this can kill us, right away. For obvious reasons, these are important labels, and generally quite effective. On cigarettes, it&#…

Many people say that they crave more freedom. But what do we mean by “freedom”? Being free from constraints? Is that what we mean? Would you feel “freer” if you could walk outside in your underwear? It is almost surely not what you mean by “freedom.” I submit to you that it is almost always … Continue reading Freedom from incompetence

The Method: Everyone who disagrees with you is right to do so–based on who they are and what they see Attention is priceless and trust is worth even more Marketing is the generous act of help…

In a world obsessed with productivity, some of our most creative thinkers swear by doing less. Writer and broadcaster Margaret Heffernan explores why making space for uncertainty can unlock creativity, resilience and better leadership

Remember that one time you left your phone behind at the office which just so happened to coincide with the one time your spouse really needed to get in

If it takes three to five years for a project to gain traction, it probably doesn’t pay to start a project that the world knows it needs right now. The challenge is picking something the worl…

Frank Gehry, the second most famous modern architect in North America after Frank Lloyd Wright, recently passed away at the age of 96. In 2000, the well

Extraordinary organizations have this as their employee handbook. Resilient ones. Human ones that can thrive in the face of automation and AI. Organizations that are built on customer service, hosp…