Have you ever eaten a macaroon? I hadn’t until today, at least I don’t think so, but my wife says they aren’t that good. So I asked her why she would eat one and she said because it’s expensive! Does expensive mean it’s good? Not always.

I'm heavily invested in stocks. It's like 80% of what I own, maybe more, and in the past few weeks their value has gone down by actually more than the number in the title in real terms. And you know what? It doesn't bother me in the slightest! (Of course Covid 19 bothers me, that …

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Why should you learn how to say your opinion? I was recently asked this by a Japanese person, because they don’t teach this in Japanese schools. I can think of a lot of negative reasons why not, such as not having your opinion heard, and in essence being used, but you also lose the chance …

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One piece of information or advice it would seem that I have received that has helped immensely over the years was in Dan Ariely’s Predictably Irrational. Dan Ariely went through/ is going through a horrendous ordeal when much of his body was burned in what I believe was an explosion. This lead him down a …

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I once had a job in which I was given the choice to work from home or work in the office whenever I wanted. I chose to work the majority at home, and I ended up losing that job. When you work from home, it requires a lot of discipline. You have no choice but …

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Better to make mistakes early. Earlier the better. That means you have to put things out into the world earlier too though. That’s the best way to spot your mistakes. Then the only thing you can do is improve.

Shifting goalposts sounds like a recipe for disaster. Once you think you’ve reached one goal, and it turns out you hadn’t reached it, you might feel quite dejected. Don’t. Shifting goalposts are a good thing. They keep you on your toes. Because once you’ve reached that final goal, well, you’re not here anymore. Shifting goalposts …

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