The Mind Collection | How to Think for Yourself

Yak Shaving: How to Stay Focused

A reflection on Yak Shaving, the process of doing a seemingly useless task that is nonetheless still connected to achieving your big goal.

A reflection on Tall Poppy Syndrome, a social phenomenon that occurs when someone’s success causes them to be envied or discredited.

A reflection on Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, a metaphor for an event that will in all likelihood definitely maybe happen.

A comprehensive guide to three underrated debate games and how to facilitate them. We love to argue. So why not become good at it?

A review of Never Split The Difference, a besteller about the fine art of negotiation by former FBI hostage negotiator Chris Voss.

A reflection on Daniel Dennett’s Chmess and David Graeber’s concept of Bullshit Jobs. Can we make them solve each other?

A reflection on Bikeshedding, a phenomenon from the world of business meetings that leads to time being wasted on trivialities.

My breakdown of a glorious manipulative narrative that teaches us about love, special aircraft and propaganda in North Korea.

Is the submarine in the front yard just as fake? What about those fighter jets on our dream property? A primer on satellite image analysis.

A reflection on eternity and our subjective concepts of time. When our mind gets in the way of reality, a single moment can make a difference.

Sometimes dramatic principles are most powerful when we ignore them. We find out how by looking down the barrel of Chekhov’s Gun.