October 2024 Results Across 7 Areas
My monthly round-up: best book, films, most useful video, skill of the month, habit, hypothesis and the main insight. October 2024.
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Optimise the Space Around You Every Day
On day one you get rid of 1 unnecessary thing, on day two 2, then 3, all the way to day 30. Over a month that clears out 465 surplus items.
Building Relationships With Your Team Matters
"Do it this way or I'll fire you" is a very strange kind of motivation — it only works on someone who has nowhere else to go.
You Can Turn Your Car Into a University
Instead of radio or music in the car, you can play useful videos and podcasts. Stuck in traffic for 40 minutes? That's a full lesson on a topic you need.
Learning From Other People's Experience Is Extraordinary
A scientist can spend 40 years researching a question; we read the essence of it in a month for $5–15. So why do so few people use this?
Why I Work as a Teacher
You can earn decent money in plenty of fields, but not everywhere gives you a deep sense of meaning in what you actually do.
Who We Are Now Is What Our Future Will Be
Over a single day, a choice changes almost nothing. Over ten years, every small daily choice turns into an avalanche.
Either We Manage Our Problems or They Manage Us
When a problem finally catches up with you, it's angrier and bigger than it was at the first encounter. Yet most people wait until it has them by the throat.
How Do You Build New Habits?
New habits should be introduced gradually, not five at once. Taken one at a time, they take root far more easily and far faster.