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Mental Pivot #82: Learning How to Learn
A handful of online resources for becoming a better lifelong student.
Mental Pivot #81: Imperfect Tools, Luck, Anti-Goals
Keith Jarrett and the unplayable piano, James Austin’s four types of luck, and the power of avoidance in meeting your objectives.
Mental Pivot #80: Motivation, Envy, Solitude
A parable about talent and motivation, finding the antidote to envy, and the challenges of connecting with others as a lone wolf.
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Mental Pivot #79: Drawings, Goals, Monks
Thinking with simple drawings, the arrival fallacy, and the myriad ways medieval monks fended off worldly distractions.
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Mental Pivot #78: Active Reading, Brevity, Stupidity
The conversation we have with books, Winston Churchill’s wartime memo on brevity, and Ian Leslie’s taxonomy of stupidity.
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Mental Pivot #77: Sharing, Hermeneutics, Time Trap
The joy of curation and sharing, the art of understanding and Hans-Georg Gadamer, and how the billable hour warps our perception of time.
Mental Pivot #76: Vague Instructions
An anecdote about assuming too much, entropy explained with sheep, and a brief intro to the Johnny Decimal system.
Mental Pivot #75: What’s Interesting?
The characteristics of interesting content, Ryan Holiday on how to digest books, and the “Tom Sawyer Effect.”
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Expand your perspective and challenge your thinking. If you’re interested in thinking tools for improving your mind, reading for the joy of learning, and being exposed to new ideas (and spending time to reflect on old ones), this is the place for you.

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