We use mental models as simplified representations of how things work. We can't store all of the information we encounter in our heads, so mental models are used to break complex ideas into manageable parts.
I woke up at 04:30 and wrote a beautiful newsletter. Every word shone as though inspired by some higher power. It was immaculate. And then, for no reason at all, it disappeared. All my hard work was gone in a puff of smoke. And there's no great moral lesson...
Behavioural scientists have studied what makes us happy (and what doesn't). We know that happiness predicts health and longevity and that happiness scales may be used to assess societal progress and policy effectiveness. Happiness, on the other hand, isn't something that just happens to you. Everyone has the ability to...
How you start your day is incredibly important. If you wake up feeling rushed and stressed, it's going to be a long day. But if you take the time to establish a morning ritual, you'll start your day off on the right foot and be happier throughout the day. We...
We all know that failure is not a fun thing to go through. It's embarrassing, it's frustrating, and it often feels like we're the only ones who have ever failed. Failures are a part of life. In fact, if you're not failing, you're not trying hard enough. Many people avoid...
Recency bias has a significant impact on how we make decisions and what pieces of information we pay attention to. The recency effect is a term first coined by the psychologist Hermann Ebbinghaus, who became famous for his work on the experimental study of memory. It’s a cognitive bias...
It's natural to want to learn from people that seem successful. And it makes sense because some of the most famous success stories are about people who overcame incredible odds and achieved their dreams. But there is one thing wrong with this assumption: survivorship bias. Survivorship bias causes us to...
