Psychology
Charms people with the amount of knowledge without insulting them about how ignorant they are. Thinks as a child but decides with wisdom. Is blind to the “culture”. Can autodidact. Is comfortable with pain and joy, and any amount of combination of them. Accepts binary oppositions as the same entity.
Philosophy
I thought an article cannot consist only of a title, so I should write something to support it. However, I believe it is self-explanatory. I heard this wonderful idea while I was reading a book named “Impact”. Life, indeed, may seem like a marathon while forcing us to perceive itself
Personal Finance
Skill stack, or talent stack, is the combination of different skills that you have that will directly or indirectly affect your income, and as a result, your general life quality. Currently, I argue that the most important skill is communication. Listening well, talking well and asking well are key components
Psychology
All of our education has always been indicating the importance of learning and accumulating knowledge. In this process, all of us have absorbed a big chunk of information that does not consist of any valuable piece of knowledge. In other words, we accumulated information that we need to unlearn. We
Philosophy
You are attracted to your interests, your goals and your desires. You seek them, work for them, want to achieve them. The perspective is one sided. You are going to them. What if they can come to you? What if they become attracted to you instead of you being attracted
Philosophy
I am writing this at the airport, and during my flight I kept reading “Shoe Dog” from Phil Knight, the founder of Nike. What a wonderful piece of writing! For so long, I haven’t come across such a book that I feel that I just cannot leave it. It
Philosophy
Can you answer this question: “Who is a good person?” All the answers will be around the words “honest”, “open-minded”, “helpful”, “unselfish”. I never heard someone saying “dangerous” to this question. Whereas I believe that it is a necessity to consider the context of being dangerous while talking about being
Business
The exponential returns in business are coming with your decisions, not earning for your time. Earning based on time and effort is crucial for anyone who is looking forward to starting a business. I believe that currently there is no escape from that. And there shouldn’t be. Earning based
Psychology
The following paragraphs are from the commencement speech of Charlie Munger at USC Law School in 2007. Charlie Munger has been an important mentor for me through his vision, and I would like to share his perspective on the concepts of “self pity” and “self serving bias” today with you.
Philosophy
I was going to a painting course when I was kid. I loved the smell of oil paint, the texture, and the visual manipulation that can be created through it. I was fascinated with painting natural scenes, and I was heavily influenced by Bob Ross. He taught young painters to
Philosophy
Knowledge production has been connected to our mental capabilities, rationality and resources to use. With the development of artificial intelligence, we are actually giving away responsibility to produce knowledge. Slowly but in a steady way, artificial intelligence should take over this role. What is knowledge production? When I write “knowledge
Philosophy
The obsession of reading books from cover to cover is a common phenomena among people whose parents were readers. Those parents probably taught them the importance of reading when they were kids, and also instructed them on the importance of reading books from cover to cover. What does “from cover