Sensemaking Viruses of the Body and Mind Our beliefs motivate our behaviors, which, in turn, determine our fate. But how can we know whether our beliefs are setting us up for success? Are our political views providing
Careers What kind of work ethic does it take to build a successful career? Finding a job that doesn't feel like work.
Sensemaking The Blue Church vs. The Red Religion: The Battle for How We Make Sense Something’s broken with the way our society makes sense of reality
Careers Is it a bad job or just a bad day? Five lenses to view the question of whether it’s time to leave
Careers Career Transition Risk and the Ladder of Legitimacy A playbook for overcoming the objections of your future hiring manager.
Culture Notion is the living room of the "cozyweb" From culture wars to endless surveillance, the public internet has become an exhausting place to spend time. Lately, people are taking notice and retreating from the public web into the
How to gain an information-edge by asking better questions The quality of decisions you make directly depends on the quality of information you use to inform them. While some of the data you need to make those decisions may
Careers This chart can tell you when it’s time to leave your job Think about the things you spend time on at work. If you’re like almost everybody else, there are some things that you’re good at and some you’re bad at. There are also certain things you like doing and others that you don’t like...
Personal Finance A startup jobseeker’s guide for moving to San Francisco America is losing its dynamism and succumbing to complacency. At least, that’s the argument Tyler Cowen makes in The Complacent Class...
Education Will an MBA help you get ahead in tech? One problem with taking advice from the internet is that the advice-giver doesn’t know you or your goals. This means he’ll likely substitute his own status and aspirations for yours. If you aren’t aware of this when following the advice, you can get steered in the wrong direction...
Personal Growth 10 Pieces of Advice for My Future Self Last week I turned 30. This seems as good an occasion as any to memorialize some learnings from the past three decades...
Careers Does Your Liberal Arts Degree Belong at a Startup? It's Spring, which means a new crop of liberal arts grads is preparing to pass through the hallowed gates of universities across the country into well-trodden career paths like law, medicine, academia and consulting...
Personal Growth Take to the Oars If you visit Tradecraft, you’ll notice this quote hanging on the wall. It embodies a mindset we witness time and again in individuals who are successful in our program, and who go on to build amazing careers in Silicon Valley: resilience.
Education The Restaurant and the Kitchen If you’re like me, you’ve spent most of your education at schools that resemble restaurants. You show up to lectures, sit in your seat and expect to have your hunger for knowledge satisfied. The meal was chosen for you and was cooked and served by other people.
