Personal Development with Gray Miller
Are you familiar with Hicks’ Law? Also known as the Hicks-Hyman law, it basically states that the more choices you face, the longer it will take you to make a decision. In my house, we would call this the Netflix-Hulu effect: with so many different shows to watch (or watch again) we spend more time …
There’s a matter of accountability. If you choose to support someone because of one thing, you share some responsibility for the other things. If you choose to support an organization because you have in the past, you bear some responsibility for what they do in the future. And vice versa. That’s Neither Good nor Bad …
It’s easy to dismiss the idea of “lifestyle design” as a recent fad, the unholy godchild of the “get rich quick” schemes and self-help. “How to Dress Like a Man” “How to Brew Coffee Like a Real Woman” “How to Program with your Inner Child” – there seems to be a positively schizophrenic aspect to …
“Spoilers!” – Riversong Rosebud is his sled. Bruce Willis is a ghost. The Titanic hits an iceberg and sinks. For those who haven’t seen the movies that the first two spoilers refer to, I apologize. If you don’t know the third, you’ve only yourself to blame. One of the biggest reasons we love stories is …
Love & Other Disasters In episode 30 of the “You Are Not So Smart” podcast there is an interview with sports writer David Epstein, in which they talk extensively about that infamous “10,000 hour” rule. It was popularized by Malcolm Gladwell in his book Outliers and is based heavily on the work of a Dr. …