Tag: Mindset

A few years ago I visited the Dominican Republic, and its island-mate, Haiti. Dominican Republic is a relatively poor country, but Haiti is far poorer. In fact, it’s the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. I met a nice family on the plane to DR and asked them if they’d give me a ride with…

Around ten years ago, a friend of mine bet me that he could run a mile faster than I could. We each had a month or two to train, and then we met at the high school track near my old house. He ran first, and did the mile in seven and a half minutes.…

The way we make decisions is pretty interesting. Making decisions that are bad for us is easy and effortless. Think about how easy it is to decide to watch TV, eat some junk food, take a nap, and then play some video games. On the other hand, let’s say that today you wanted to have…

The coefficient of friction is a number that describes the friction between two objects. A combination like rubber on concrete would have a really high coefficient of friction, whereas a greased baby on a slip-n-slide would have a really low coefficient of friction. There’s more to it, though– every pair of objects has two coefficients…

I’m pretty good at a lot of things. I’m a good programmer, a good blogger, a good writer, a good poker player and so on. Am I one of the BEST programmers in the world? Nope, not even close. Best bloggers in the world? Again, no. Writer? Not within miles of it. Poker player? Middling.…

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Back when I was gambling professionally, it seemed like everyone had an opinion on which casino was rigged. I never really thought that, but I also didn’t really think that I was winning as much as I was supposed to. To test this, I recorded every single session I played for over a year. Guess…

When I write about “average people” or “average Americans”, I often get flack about it. Some people call me elitist. Occasionally I get called something worse. Then there are the comments about how if everyone did something that I suggest, it wouldn’t work anymore, or that the average person isn’t exactly the same as me,…

Standards are an interesting thing. They don’t dictate exact performance, but they do sketch out a ballpark. If you expect yourself to read a book a week, you may not actually do that, but you’ll probably read a book most weeks. If a boss tells you to have something done one month from now, you’ll…

If you’ve been reading for a while, you may have noticed that I almost never swear. I tend to think that there’s a more accurate way than swearing to express anything, but today I couldn’t think of a more fitting word. What is bullshit? Well, it’s watching TV. It’s browsing the internet mindlessly. It’s partying.…