When we see great feats of excellence on the Olympic stage, we automatically assume corresponding great feats of efforts and superhuman talent behind them. Daniel Chambliss' longitudinal and cross-sectional research into all levels of swimmers, from junior to world class, across a few years make for an unusually rigorous

I once had a employee who would trot out "Perception is reality" cynically whenever he perceived that management is "massaging the truth" to tell a story. Before him, I associated it with the Mad Men of the world, also laced with cynicism. Recently, I realised this

1. Embrace intensity Yes Theory's "Seek discomfort" but intensity can also refer to positive emotions, such as intense joy. Another way to put it is "feel your feelings", or "let your feelings move". Although my emotional range has expanded over the years,

Many of the insights in life are laid bare in plain sight, availing themselves only to the sharpest of eyes. I just finished one of the most lucid and convincing guides to the mechanism of how meditation leads to release, With Each and Every Breath by Ajahn Thanissaro (for me

Wit - looks for the smartest, simplest way to achieve something. Manifests as the investor, the A-student who sleeps in class. Good at spotting opportunities and leaping on them. People like Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs. Grinder - loves it when he sees a clear path to success where

* Apply XmR charts for established processes to detect variations that indicate that the probability distribution has changed (i.e. a new factor is influencing the process) * Don't set up XmR chart for processes that are still developing, it's premature (eg. our sales process for a new

Axioms Axiom 1: Copywriting is a mental process the successful execution of which reflects the sum total of all your experiences, your specific knowledge and your ability to mentally process that information and transfer it onto a sheet of paper for the purpose of selling a product or service. Axiom

A pattern I have noticed with myself is that as I achieve some mild form of progress on my goals, my self-confidence expands faster than my execution capacity, resulting in overloading of goals. I start taking on goals and projects that lay further out of my core focus. This has

Every time a seasoned practitioner shares concrete tactics and heuristics, I listen. Dan Hockenmaier has worked on multiple successful marketplaces from Faire, to Thumbtack and have also contributed to Reforge materials, and has thus battle-won insights to share. He has also published foundational frameworks such as Racecar Growth Model and