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Stop Being An Asshole, Read This Book

What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever received? Probably the greatest advice came from my debate coach back while I was complaining about never winning the big debates. He noticed that a big reason I lost was I came off as unfriendly and didn’t focus on the other team’s arguments, shrugging their perspective offContinue reading “Stop Being An Asshole, Read This Book”

There is No Dignity in Handouts

If you aren’t providing something of value to someone else, the days stretch on indefinitely. You struggle to find motivation to do much. Increasingly, people are asking for greater rewards to do things that matter less to them. There’s a variety of reasons why, but one of the biggest ones is that it seems unclearContinue reading “There is No Dignity in Handouts”

It’s Game Theory, All The Way Down

There’s not really a way to get around the fact that life is ultimately a game, and one that involves cooperation, competition, and more as you try to navigate towards whatever goals you set for yourself. In this sense, it’s important to recognize which unforced errors you make and correct them to increase your expectedContinue reading “It’s Game Theory, All The Way Down”

Do Good Work, Build Side-Options

Side hustles are all the rage. Did you know you can make money in your underwear, scrolling left and right, doing mediocre standup comedy, selling plans, etc. ? If you treat side hustles as your full-time job, without extraordinary results to show for them, they’re probably wasting your time. Quitting, or quiet-quitting your job beforeContinue reading “Do Good Work, Build Side-Options”

Let’s Critically Analyze Critical Path

Another key element to project management is having a critical path, which is essentially a project plan stripped of everything that’s not needed to make a minimum viable product (project). The critical path framework is helpful to think about because it eliminates the ‘nice to haves, that don’t really have deadlines’ and focuses on whatContinue reading “Let’s Critically Analyze Critical Path”

Agendas Are Game Changing in Project Management

It might not be immediately apparent, but probably the highest impact area of PMO is agenda-making. Having poor agendas makes you vulnerable to poor facilitation, leads to swirl, and can make taking notes significantly harder. Because effective agenda-writing is a skill and takes foresight, I don’t anticipate them being fully utilized, but nonetheless, as you’reContinue reading “Agendas Are Game Changing in Project Management”

Why not speech write?

One does not become excellent with the written word in a day. I actually struggled to write coherently until I went to college and significantly increased the volume of essays I wrote. In general, I noticed while my analysis was strong, I tended to dislike long form argument because I much preferred word economy. IContinue reading “Why not speech write?”

Return on Coupon

Couponing is supposedly an effective way of saving money. I say supposedly, because while couponing may save money, the maximum, average, and ROI upside is minimal. There are diminishing returns to couponing in all times but end-of-life. Here’s what I mean by this. When you think about your time, it’s often helpful to think inContinue reading “Return on Coupon”

Optimized Subway Sandwiches

What are your favorite types of foods? I have this habit where I try and optimize the food I eat for whatever goal I have in mind. Sometimes it’s losing weight, sometimes it’s gaining muscle. Other times, it’s cheapness or reducing the amount of processing in my food. Recently, I’ve been revamping my subway orderContinue reading “Optimized Subway Sandwiches”