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What Is the Real Problem of Humanity?

When asked in an interview if we (humanity) will be able to solve the crises of the next hundred years, sociobiologist E. O. Wilson answered: “The real problem of humanity is the following: we have paleolithic emotions; medieval institutions; and god-like technology”...

Using Test and Learn for Self-Development Practices

As I shared in a previous post, test and learn is an approach for evaluating options when you’re not sure which option better. The basic idea is that you test out a new option against an existing default option to learn to see if the new option performs better....

Starting the Day with a Intentional Power Hour

In looking back over the past three years, if I had to pick one new practice that has been most helpful to me, it would be starting my day with an intentional power hour. I first learned about the idea of establishing power hour in an online workshop through Jamie...

Test and Learn as a Tool for Continuous Improvement

When Peter and I were summarizing our key takeaways from 2020, he shared one of his was the idea of test and learn, which I had shared with him earlier in the year. After our conversation, we both realized how test and learn was another way of saying continuous...

Bring a Question to Ask the Teacher

One of my martial arts teachers used to tell us students to always bring a question to ask whenever we had senior instructors visit to teach seminars. Bringing a question is a practice I’ve since adopted for any type of seminar or class I take. I’ve...