Knowing a lot of science of nutrition is like knowing a lot about physics for billiards—it probably indicates poor behavior. I think pool reminds people of high school physics problems. They often ask me or presume I’m good at it. But knowing physics doesn’t help you play. What helps you play is practice. There’s physics in pool but there’s physics in everything. Knowing where you should hit the ball doesn’t[…] Keep reading →
Entrepreneurs want to improve the world. They want to solve your problem so much that you prefer their solution to your money so that you give it to them. If every entrepreneur is trying to improve things, why doesn’t entrepreneurship finish? The same could be asked for business in general. As times change, solutions become problems. We may have collectively created more material prosperity, but in terms of happiness and[…] Keep reading →
I posted a couple weeks ago how what you studied in school doesn’t restrict you from working outside that field. I’ve talked to a lot of people who feel because they studied a field they have to stay in it. I find it contrary to the point of education that increasing your knowledge in one area should lead someone to believe they are less qualified in another. Logically it makes[…] Keep reading →
Sometimes something unexpected blindsides you, catches you off guard, moves you in the opposite direction you wanted, and you realize it’s going to take a lot of work to fix things. It discourages from trying. It demoralizes you. Most of my posts about problems are about developing skills and how to handle them, at least I think. I’m not sure how others read it, but I think I write like[…] Keep reading →
I asked the students from my leadership class for undergraduates at NYU last semester for the three top things they learned, the three things they valued most, and the three things they’d improve. The responses were all anonymous. I collected the information to know what to keep and what to improve for next year. Some parts might not make sense if you weren’t in the class, but I thought I’d[…] Keep reading →
Most Sundays I comment on The New York Times’ Sunday Magazine column The Ethicist. This week looks like they have a special issue without it. Normally I comment on one from their archives, but today I’m so caught up in a couple videos I watched, and I believe I have a fair number of educators who question the system, that I’d love to learn if people can give me background[…] Keep reading →
Have you put everything you had into something? Have you tried as hard as you possibly could? Have you run until you dropped? Skied as fast as you possibly could, risking injury? Decided to lift a weight you couldn’t conceive of lifting and done it? Have you run sprints in the rain, alone? Have you put your name and reputation on the line for all time? Have you said no[…] Keep reading →
Following up yesterday’s post on how one simple change in perspective can dramatically change how you view things, which then changes how you react to them, here are a few other examples. Note that I’m not writing about right or wrong, just different beliefs and following how small changes in beliefs can lead to big changes in behavior and mood. My goal is to promote flexibility in beliefs. Running shoes[…] Keep reading →
I wrote before about “One of the best books I’ve read on the environment, our impact on it, and what we can do about it” as well as two videos based on it. The book is called Sustainable Energy — Without the Hot Air. There several books in the “Without Hot Air” series. If the others are half as informative and useful as the environment one, I’ll love them. An[…] Keep reading →