The 80/20 principle states that 80% of our best results stem from a mere 20% of our efforts, asserting an unequal relationship between inputs and outputs. The 80/20 book shows how this distribution can benefit your life if applied to your career. The book’s author, Richard Koch, writes that this principle can help you find … Read more
Studies show1 that our brains react to attacks on our beliefs the same way as threats to our physical safety. That’s why any civil discussion can end up in violence when you run out of arguments. It’s difficult to admit that you might be wrong, especially when facing an opponent who embodies everything that you … Read more
. “Jobs are actually easier to enjoy than free time, because … they have built-in goals, feedback, rules, and challenges,” Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (September 29, 1934–October 20, 2021) writes in his book “Flow.” “Free time, on the other hand, is unstructured, and requires much greater effort to be shaped into something that can be enjoyed,” he … Read more
. “When you are enlightened, there is one relationship that you no longer have: the relationship with yourself,” Eckhart Tolle wrote in his meditation on what it really means to be yourself. Except for the enlightened few, it seems the malaise of self-obsession will keep afflicting each and every one of us until the end … Read more