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Notes from a curious mind
Thinking out loud.
On the page.
On business, technology, health and life on the road. Writing helps me understand things better. Maybe you’ll find something useful here, too.
105 articles
Dictatorship of the intolerant minority
Nassim Taleb’s minority-rule idea explains how a small, inflexible group can shape the choices available to everyone else. I explore it through everyday examples.
LifeRethink redesign
A dramatic redesign can make it hard to tell what helped. I favor frequent, measured improvements that build on one another over time.
Business
Hidden treasures
Robert Kiyosaki’s books drew me into real-estate investing and the idea of phantom income. Here I work through his cashflow quadrant and why debt and tax rules matter to investors.
Life
The art of doing nothing
Meditation felt complicated until I began to see it as time to sit quietly with my thoughts. I am trying to make that pause a regular habit.
Health
The lazy conversationalist
When a simple question is easy to search, asking someone else can shift the work onto them. I think learning to find answers yourself is a useful habit.
Life
Busy wasting time
I cut my phone use to about an hour a day by changing five habits: notifications, social media, email, availability and where I keep my phone.
Life
Visitor expectations
Menus, buttons, copy and links carry familiar signals. I explain the conventions visitors expect and where even well-known websites can make things harder.
Business
The relativity of valuation
Time preference describes how we weigh a benefit now against one later. I explore why choosing long-term gains over immediate comfort is difficult and valuable to me.
Life
Aging is mostly bad health habits
Watching older people pass by, I wonder how much of declining health is inevitable and how much reflects habits we can change. I focus on body composition, movement and nutrition.
Health
Beyond addiction
Jan Geurtz’s book made me think about negative beliefs we learn about ourselves and the habits we use to hide them. Recognizing those patterns may be a first step toward changing them.
Life
Pay yourself first
My financial independence goal became clearer when I worked backward from monthly expenses to an income target and made investing a priority in my budget.
Life
Man boobs & love handles
Calorie balance matters for weight, but hormones also shape sleep, stress, energy and body composition. I work through the hormones that caught my attention and the habits I want to improve.
Health