Thinking

How do you make decisions in uncertain times? Given the higher risks of such times, you should know how to make good decisions. It can help you navigate your situation with confidence. Fortunately, there is a good principle that you can follow. While it might not make decision making easy, it could make it simple. You can see the factors at play and see the best action to take. The principle is this: make your decisions as expected value calculations.…

I recently read an article on Yuval Harari – the author of Sapiens – in The New Yorker. I enjoyed reading Sapiens so I was curious to learn more about the author. As it turns out, there is a habit of his that I find interesting. I believe that this habit plays an important role in his creativity and productivity. It’s the habit of having time to disconnect. Here is an excerpt from the article: For more than a decade,…

I love to read books from different fields to get new perspectives. The most recent book that I have read is Factfulness by Hans Rosling. The book teaches us how to think clearly about the world. It says that there are ten instincts that can pull us in the wrong direction and it teaches us how to recognize and control them. When we see the world with those instincts, we have an overdramatic worldview. As a result, we tend to…

To live a full life, you need something that’s rarely mentioned: you need solitude. Here is a definition of solitude from the book Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport. Time alone with your own thoughts and free from input from other minds. When you look at great people in history, you can see that they have this characteristic in their lives. It takes different forms, but they have time alone with their own thoughts. For Albert Einstein, it was playing music.…

We are living in a world where more and more things can be outsourced or even automated. Lifetime employment is no longer a given. You need to keep upgrading yourself to stay relevant. A big part of them, I believe, is being creative. Being creative helps you adapt to changing situations. It helps you stand out from the crowd. So here is my question to you: What are your best creativity tips? Or, put another way: How do you get…

I recently read the book summary of Big Mistakes by Michael Batnick. The book has an interesting subtitle: The Best Investors and Their Worst Investments. Interesting combination, isn’t it? It contains story after story of how very smart people made bad decisions in investing. But how could that happen? How could these smart people make bad decisions? In essence, what happened was that they failed to manage their risks. They didn’t prepare themselves for the worst things that could happen.…