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2025
636: An Expensive Emotion
635: A Good Email
633: Exciting Mornings, Peaceful Nights
631: Guided by Beauty
630: Disguised as a Straight Line
629: Generosity Whispers in Private
628: Being Open Minded
626: New Beginnings
625: Truth Over Narrative
623: The Loudest Signal
622: Embracing Life
621: Forget the Spark
619: Guts Over Brains
618: Stay Flexible
617: Double the Pleasure
616: Underestimating What Works
615: The Hardest Truth
614: Mastery of Oneself
613: Find the Contrast
612: Adapt Yourself to Circumstances
611: A Series of Plateaus
610: Stick to the Basics
2024
609: Given Before Earned
608: The Right Grip
607: Greats Don’t Wait
606: Stop Fighting Nature
605: The Perfect Pause
604: Work Hard in Silence
603: Obsessed
602: Whispers vs. Shouts
600: Not Typical
598: Misunderstood
597: Seizing the Right Moments
596: Positive Interia
595: Seldom Offend
594: The Rarest Thing you Possess
593: Great Ideas Thrive in Silence
590: Happy Accidents
589: Your Mental Diet
588: Commitment
587: Cold Water
586: Apprenticeship
585: Letting Go
584: The 98/2 Rule
583: Maximum Flexibility
579: Chalkboard Decisions
578: Simple Truths
577: Necessary Virtues
576: Better Used
575: Action Reduces Fear
574: Internally Driven
573: Prioritization Beats Efficiency
572: The Inner Scorecard
570: Discipline vs. Motivation
568: Nothing to Lose
567: Toward Simplicity
566: Natural Disorder
565: The Unexpected Path to Success
564: Unconventional and Determined
562: The North Wind
560: The Next Corner
559: Small Surface Area
558: Overlooked Advantage
2023
557: Consistently Boring
556: Alone With The Gods
555: Earned Success
554: Winning Edge
553: Charlie Munger
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
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
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