mind hacks
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How Tiny Mistakes Cause Huge Disasters
3“If I was setting up curriculum at a university,” says engineer Foone Turing, “I’d make an entire semester-long class on the Challenger disaster, and make it required for any remotely STEM-oriented major.” Because, says Foone, the disaster was a lot less random or simple than people tend to think. In a thread of 102 tweets,…
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Remember Someone’s Name By Thinking Of Your Friends
I’m bad at names. So are you. Everyone’s bad at names. You’ve read a million tips for remembering people’s names, and none of them have worked. But maybe this one will! It’s one of the simplest, least gimmicky tricks I’ve heard, and I’ve used it before without really thinking about it.
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How Waking Up At 5am Changed My Life
For years, I’ve woken up between 8:00am and 9:00am. After reading Robin Sharma’s book, The 5 a.m. Club, I challenged myself to start waking up at 5am and following Sharma’s best practices. In two weeks of sticking to the plan, I found I was getting enough sleep, accomplishing more than ever, and building healthier habits…
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Watch These ‘How It’s Made’ Videos For Inspiration
The promise of a “how it’s made” video is that it will surprise you. That’s obvious in this collection of the best “process porn” videos of 2018 from design blog Core77. Each video snaps something into place in your brain: oh, that’s how that works!