Most jobs that are desirable have tons of applicants, and even ones that don’t prefer to hire people that they want to work with. If you think about the hiring process, and what the employer wants out of it, it immediately becomes clear that the optimal strategy- much like in dating- is to be polarizing.Continue reading “Take Risks With Cover Letters”
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Delayed Strengthification
A topic I’ve been writing and thinking about is strengths: how to find them, why you should focus on them, and more. A slightly different angle to think about the concept of ‘strength’ for a given topic is in the context of cultivation. While you may naturally be above-average at something, to remain world classContinue reading “Delayed Strengthification”
Do Things You Love
If you struggle to identify what you want to make into a small business, you should default to something you love doing. There will come times when problems arise, revenue is low, and stress is high. At these moments, it becomes hard to sustain progress. When this happens, if you don’t have some illuminating reasonContinue reading “Do Things You Love”
What Methinks about the McKinsey Mind (notes from a reading)
I just finished the McKinsey Mind. Overall, I think it was well-written with a smattering of humor. There were a couple unintuitive parts surrounding how to approach difficult clients, but you’re never going to get everything right in the book. This was a pretty straightforward framework, but it didn’t really give me much insight intoContinue reading “What Methinks about the McKinsey Mind (notes from a reading)”
What is something you think is true that other people don’t, and why?
When I was going through school, despite being in accelerated programs, I think the curriculum was far too slow, laborious, and repetitive. Instead of the telos being valuable skills, or ‘how to think’, school often felt like a jobs factory mixed with daycare programs and social engineering. When I graduated, I saw a lot ofContinue reading “What is something you think is true that other people don’t, and why?”
Why Glenn Loury, Scott Alexander & Tyler Cowen Are My Favorite Public Intellectuals
I used to be super plugged into political commentary, but as time has gone on, I’ve tried to move towards a more practical understanding of the issues in front of me on an interpersonal, intellectual, and social level. I think the thing that these intellectuals all have in common is a desire to find truthContinue reading “Why Glenn Loury, Scott Alexander & Tyler Cowen Are My Favorite Public Intellectuals”
Some Tips to Improve Extemp Debate
I used to be successful at competitive parliamentary debate, winning the Dartmouth debate camp (parliamentary), and going undefeated at the New Haven Urban Debate league. I faced a lot of losses as well, and don’t feel naturally charismatic. Here’s a couple of things that I did that helped me improve: Overall, if you treat debateContinue reading “Some Tips to Improve Extemp Debate”
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