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2023
552: Writing to Think
551: Alignment
549: Superlinear
548: Tiny Delights
547: Three Filters
546: Adult Life
545: Taking Risks
544: The Physics of Relationships
543: Busy vs. Productive
542: Normal
540: Surface Area of Luck
539: Completely Obsessed
538: Sources of Advantage
537: Proven Benefits
536: Something Unique
535: High Expectations
534: Risk Reduction
533: A Little Longer
532: Active Patience
531: Create and Curate
530: Bad Before Good
529: No Matter Where
528: Avoiding Problems
527: The Art of Learning
525: Perfectionism
523: Grace
522: Tilting the Odds
520: Outsmart to Outwork
519: Next Move Mindset
518: Clear Thinking
517: Doing Your Best
516: Things You Control
515: The Need to Write
514: Human Constructs
513: Foreseeing Danger
512: Attention to Detail
511: Time Not Money
510: Growing Old
509: Listening to Win
508: Leverage Time
507: Every Day
506: Momentum creates Motivation
505: Small Habits
2022
504: Unexpected Kindness
503: Setting and Achieving Goals
502: The Focus to Say No
501: Figuring it Out
500: Our 500th edition of Brain Food
499: Subtraction
498: The Stonecutter’s Credo
497: Seizing The Moment
496: The Mountain
495: Simple Acts
493: Next Step Focus
492: What Makes Us Happy
491: Unthinkingable
488: Nowhere to Hide
487: Desire into Default
486: Towards or Away
485: Appearing Foolish
484: Signal in the Noise
483: Consistency
481: Good Advice
480: Personal Philosophy
479: Time Horizon
477: Hierarchy
476: Tomorrow Self
474: Negotiating with Yourself
473: Boredom & Impatience
472: Heroic Math
471: Longevity
470: The Second Mindset
469: The 24 Hour Rule
468: Today, Not Tomorrow
467: The Weight of Short Term Actions
466: Simple Ideas. Parabolic Results.
465: Starting Position
464: Useful not Accurate
462: Positive Asymmetry
461: Active Patience
460: Designing Defaults
459: Uncommon Consistency
458: Small Steps
457: Passive Stability
456: Playing on Hard Mode
455: The Passions
454: Quitting to Win
453: Less But Better
2021
- 452: Run Your Own Race
- 451 The Path of Least Resistance
- 450 Patterns of Behavior
- 449: Does it work?
- 448: Faulty Narratives
- 447: Expectations
- 446: Avoiding Stupidity
- 445: A Method of Learning
- 444: Avoiding Problems
- 443: Doing the Work
- 442: What They Never Taught You about Surprise
- 441: What You Put In
- 440: Your Scoreboard
- 439: Cultivating People
- 438: First Step Courage