Methods
How to do things better. Mental tools, self-improvement, business.
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Goodhart’s Law
When a metric becomes a goal, it ceases to be a good metric. In other words, if a system can be gamed, it will be.…
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Did You Do Your Best? Jimmy Carter’s job interview
Responsibility is a unique concept… You may share it with others, but your portion is not diminished. You may delegate it, but it is still…
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Builds Character
If a person who has not had enough exercise attempts to backpack, then he will find the going difficult. He might think, “I sweat, I…
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Reversion to the Mean
Things tend to even out over time. If something is extraordinarily high or low on first measurement, it will often be closer to the mean…
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The Encyclopedia of Concepts: A collection of transferable mental tools
Expertise isn’t easily transferable. Chess grandmasters excel at chess, not International Relations, and surgeons are good at surgery, not juggling. True expertise can only arise…
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