When you’re looking to increase your physical fitness, you should see duration, intensity, and novelty as the main tools in your kit to improve performance from the gym. External factors like sleep, nutrition, hydration are also important, but these occur outside of the gym. If you’re trying to improve your performance in an exercise, theContinue reading “The Progressive Overloader’s Toolkit”
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Masters Degree in One Semester?
Status Update: Orientation and class 1 are complete. Class 2 is complete, assuming no major edits. Class 3 is in progress. I plan to start class 4 and 5 tomorrow. There are a total of 13 classes, meaning that I’ll likely be done with my first round of classes (3) by end of week 3.Continue reading “Masters Degree in One Semester?”
How I accidentally beat Ahkil Reed Amar in an argument (3rd most cited law scholar) and why it matters
The conversation between Stephen Bowling and Ahkil Reed Amar (AMA going forward) was definitely intellectually stimulating, but a few things that Ahkil claimed were wholly not persuasive to me. His big thing is originalism is correct, which is the orientation that original intent and history are key to understanding ideas is right. He claims alsoContinue reading “How I accidentally beat Ahkil Reed Amar in an argument (3rd most cited law scholar) and why it matters”
What Can Project Managers Learn From Consultants?
Consultants charge hefty premiums for their services, and must use strong communication skills to justify their high salaries. They hop between projects lasting about 3 months, and their corporate culture teaches them a set of tactics allowing them to identify areas for improvement. Since they specialize in generic cost-cutting, increasing sales, and supply line numbersContinue reading “What Can Project Managers Learn From Consultants?”
Rise & Grind: Why There’s Some Truth Behind Why The Rich Seem Unpleasant
In any world, there will be more and less successful people. It’s probably not going to be the case that the modal person is going to be successful, given that institutions are skewed towards average, with a focus on lower average. As a result, listening to large institutions and going about your life is notContinue reading “Rise & Grind: Why There’s Some Truth Behind Why The Rich Seem Unpleasant”
Places, People, and Personhood
It’s been said many a time that you are the people you spend the most time with. Despite this, many people rebel from the people they’ve grown around. The recipe for person-hood must be more complex than simply you = others. This is why I think it’s important to recognize that the places, environment, andContinue reading “Places, People, and Personhood”
What can I help you with? I’m building a male friendship course and I want your feedback
I recently learned that 53% of men are dissatisfied in their relationships with their friends and that 1/7 men have no close friends. This number is frightening to me, because a lack of friendships makes it 25% more likely that someone dies in the next four years. And, that’s not even considering the mental anguishContinue reading “What can I help you with? I’m building a male friendship course and I want your feedback”
The Juicy Bits of ‘Influence’ (Ch 5-8)
Chapter 5 Liking Compliance settings include ones with reciprocity, commitment, and social proof. The person most effective at selling is not the demonstrator, but rather the hostess. Buying from a friend makes a big difference. Having the name of a friend to call on makes a difference. People want to help their friends. Most successfulContinue reading “The Juicy Bits of ‘Influence’ (Ch 5-8)”
The Juicy Bits of ‘Influence’ (First 4 Chapters)
Chapter 1: Weapons of Influence There are mechanical processes that affect people called fixed-action patterns. These patterns occur in virtually the same fashion. When situation X, outcome Y. This process is started by something known as a trigger feature. We have trigger features that can be taken advantage of too. One example: When asking forContinue reading “The Juicy Bits of ‘Influence’ (First 4 Chapters)”
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