There are a lot of reasons I am interested in this question: 1. It’s probably the most complex machine nature has evolved. Yet it runs on the power of a 20watt lightbulb when an equivalent computer would require 24 million watts of power! 2. My dad has dementia. There is a whole lot of research … Continue reading How do our brains work?
So I admit it, I am a pretty good procrastinator. I work well when a deadline is looming and I need to get a job done. Tim Urban, a great blogger is also a master procrastinator and has spent some time thinking about why this is and what the implications are. He says it better … Continue reading Procrastination
The foundation of all healthy relationships is trust. The foundation of being able to have good, honest and open debates that make our business better is trust. It’s the foundation for being able to get an honest assessment of business partners. So being able to build trust is an essential skill. Robin Dreeke is a … Continue reading Building trust
If you are interested in trying out a different, very counter intuitive but pretty revolutionary approach to swimming try taking a look at Terry Laughlin’s Total Immersion swimming. He is a passionate man, inspiring in his pursuit of mastery, and after listening to a podcast with him and watching some videos on YouTube I have … Continue reading Improving your swimming
Picking up on a theme from the last blogpost: that one of the worst things for relationships is a great sense of self-righteousness, a lot of self-righteousness comes from our own sense of moral compass. The world seems more and more polarised in political views. Are you liberal or conservative? Many of these views seem … Continue reading The psychology of liberal and conservative values and crossing the great divide
Another Alain de Botton interview, this time with Krista Tippett whose “On Being” podcast often covers interesting topics on relationships, spirituality etc. I am a romantic and an optimist, yet I find such wisdom in Alain’s kind and compassionate realism and anti-romanticism. If you are serious about your relationships (with lovers, friends or colleagues) I … Continue reading Being realistic about love
Alain de Botton is a wonderful modern day philosopher with a very practical take on modern life emphasising how we can be emotionally healthy. He has done quite a few podcasts on many different topics, all well worth listening to. In this one he talks a little about his background and a wide variety of … Continue reading Practical philosophy and taking responsibility for our communication
[Farnam Street Podcast] Philip Tetlock on The Art and Science of Super Forecasting http://podplayer.net/#/?id=24093071 via @PodcastAddict Phil Tetlock forms teams of “super forecasters” who are amazing accurate at predicting the probabilites of real world events, in their case often used to predict the likelihoods of complex real world events for the intelligence community. It has … Continue reading Super Forecasting
The Knowledge Project Podcast Shane Parish with Michael Lombardi, former general manger of the Cleveland Browns and coach of the New England Patriots. It’s a really dense podcast and you find yourself having to pause just to absorb some of the sentences because they are so packed with wisdom. Four key aspects of leadership 1. … Continue reading Leadership, coaching and managing
A truly inspiring podcast that I would recommend anyone interested in any of the following topics to have a listen to. Key insights and takeaways for me: Business leadership: Being decisive and moving fast, yet still caring very personally for the people you work with Purpose: Being driven by a real need and passion not … Continue reading Nancy Lublin, CEO of Crisis Text hotline
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