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Everything You Need to Know to Improve Your Performance at Anything—For Beginners and Experts Deliberate practice is the best technique for achieving expert performance in every field—including …
Defining A Power Law Consider a person who begins weightlifting for the first time. During their initial sessions, they can lift only a small amount of weight. But as they invest more time, they find …
We’re massively impressed by a concert pianist, or a wide receiver, or a truly skillful visual artist. Their abilities seem otherworldly. But what makes these people so skillful? How did they …
“You must force yourself to consider opposing arguments. Especially when they challenge your best-loved ideas.” — Charlie Munger *** Recently, Charlie Munger commented that when he reads …
What we’re reading says a lot about who we are – or who we want to be. In a new feature in the Globe and Mail, Jane Mount asks 100 writers, artists, and foodies to describe the books that …
An eloquent explanation on the difference between mysteries and puzzles by Gregory Treverton: There’s a reason millions of people try to solve crossword puzzles each day. Amid the well-ordered …
If you’ve ever wondered why underdogs win or how to improve your odds of winning when you’re the underdog, this article on The Colonel Blotto Game is for you. *** There is a rich tradition …
“We want to cling to these incredibly outdated and simplistic measures of ability.” — Malcolm Gladwell *** Hiring is difficult and we tend to fall back on antiquated tools that give us a …
Last night something amazing happened. While the Swiss hockey team ultimately lost in a shootout to the powerhouse Canadians, they earned a point for tying the game. How did this happen? On paper, the …
In this video, Malcolm Gladwell speaks on the challenge of hiring in the modern world. One of those challenges, the mis-match problem, happens when we use criteria to judge someone for a job that is …