My thoughts below are from a tweet I shared in response to Shane Parrish making a tweet (he deleted it) about best practices. At the bottom right of this post is a product leadership coach tweet containing an article describing some of the risks of assuming a best practice without context-driven modifications will work for …
Relinquishing conditionals like “If I mess XYZ up then I won’t be able to do ABC” can allow one to optimize performances more often by reducing the mental and physical impact of emotions generated from imagined undesirable outcomes and protecting one’s optimism…..Thought experiment: Has society seen a human that’s predicted things with 100% accuracy? An …
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What the documentary is This documentary breaks down how marketing industry leveraged psychology to create a consumer culture that gets people to use material things to satisfy emotional needs. This way of being can make someone add an unconscious layer of stress by striving for things one incorrectly thinks he/she needs to feel satisfied with …
This is a short post that the title mostly explains. Some people fixate on their weight when pursuing a fitness goal but if one has a certain aesthetic look he or she is after, that person will probably have more success achieving that look by focusing on muscle growth and prioritizing the mirror to track …
This is the third post in my body transformation/recomposition series which consists of muscle and weight loss learning, progress photos, and life lessons I’ve extracted from the process.
This is the second post in my body transformation/recomposition series which consists of muscle and weight loss learning, progress photos, and life lessons I’ve extracted from the process.
This is the first post in my body transformation series which consists of muscle and weight loss learning, progress photos, and life lessons I’ve extracted from the process.
Concepts discussed: Dr. Yeomans is a psychiatrist that in the video below provides a perspective of why people join or follow narcissistic cultures and individuals. The video also speaks to the challenges one faces when leaving such structures. A lot of the video revolves around belief systems which makes sense if you’ve ever observed how …
Why it may be wise to be skeptical of people who claim to have all the answers Read More »
While studying computer science in college and I think before college I encountered papers claiming that strong computer programmers were strong in math. After 4 years of computer science having taken Calc I, II, III, and two other math courses, not once did I or do I currently think that my math classes helped me …
I disagree that coding requires strong math skills – personal experience Read More »
Plus a short story of how a pastor used his influence to have sexual relations with a woman who reportedly didn’t want to comply.
