Worked example of a mnemonic Memory technique
In 2015 I wrote a list of techniques to help you remember names. Today I was working through trying to remember a specific theory and I noticed a pattern I have been using for a few days now. When...
View ArticleProcrastination checklist
This post duplicates my original. Original post: Procrastination checklist This list is a revision of this checklist: http://lesswrong.com/lw/hgd/10step_antiprocrastination_checklist/ 1. What is the...
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In support of Yak Shaving
Yak shaving is heralded as pretty much “the devil” of trying to get things done. The anti-yak shaving movement will identify this problem as being one of focus. The moral of the story they give is...
View ArticlePurposeful anti-rush
This post is duplicated from the original. Original post: http://lesswrong.com/r/discussion/lw/ndw/purposeful_antirush/ Why do we rush? Things happen; Life gets in the way, and suddenly we find...
View ArticleSome notes from “Turn the ship around” By L. David Marquet
The premise of the book is that to be a good leader is to get people to follow you. which means you can be a leader by doing ridiculous things and have people just follow to see what will happen, or...
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Core knowledge: List of common human goals Part 1: Exploration-Exploitation Part 1a: The application of the secretary problem to real life dating Part 1b: adding and removing complexity from models...
View ArticleQuantified self – Tracking with a form
This is my daily survey for myself: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeeN80ltyWTP7S0B-Xwrg-ArwHRG6RyvUvJGl0ZpLR3C__Y3g/viewform There are many reasons for tracking. A few really good ones come...
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Experiments, iterations and the scientific method
Today, an ordinary day. I woke up at 6am. It was still dark out. I did a quick self-check. “Did I wake up with energy?” No not really… note to self. But it is quite early. Rewind one day....
View ArticleWorking with multiple problems at once
I have a friend who works in a charity which deals with people who are on the streets. She was telling me about the struggles they face and the difficulties they are working with. It seems like every...
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Skin in the Game
Core knowledge: List of common human goals Part 1: Exploration-Exploitation Part 1a: The application of the secretary problem to real life dating Part 1b: adding and removing complexity from models...
View ArticleHow to consistently have good days, or Reduce the frequency and impact of bad...
The following is an exercise I composed to be run at the Lesswrong Sydney dojos. It took an hour and a half but could probably be done faster with some adaptations that I have included in these...
View ArticleInstrumental Experiment: The Double Down
Epistemic status: Shower thoughts, but also – Actually trying things. There are times in life where you will have made a breakthrough. You will have had a success and you will think, “great, time for...
View ArticleInstrumental experiment: Quit while you are ahead
Epistemic status: Shower thoughts, but also – Actually trying things. There are times in life where you will have climbed a mountain. You have been facing a storm and it’s finally clearing. The world...
View ArticleInstrumental experiment: Cut your losses
Epistemic status: Shower thoughts, but also – Actually trying things. There are times in life where you will have seen the warning signs. You have watched others fall on your journey. If anything was...
View ArticleBooks I read 2017 – Part 1. Relationships, Learning
This year I read 79 or so books. Also there are 24 more books that I put down without finishing. That’s a lot to summarise. I have already spent more than 15 hours and restarted the process of...
View ArticleThe answer sheet
I always wished I had an answer sheet. A cheat sheet to a lot of my problems. Well now I do. But it’s all in my head. I solved a lot of my problems by reading books and building models to...
View ArticleObject level weight loss tips
Finding specific instructions on weight loss is difficult. They are all buried in the internet. Covered in clickbait and a waste of time to find. And plenty of them don’t work. So here’s my list. As...
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How I accidentally discovered the pill to enlightenment but I wouldn’t...
Eastern enlightenment is not what you think. I mean, maybe it is. But it’s probably not. There’s a reason it’s so elusive, and there’s a reason that it hasn’t joined western science and the western...
View ArticlePersonal cheat sheet on what vitamins do to me
I have been supplementing vitamins for a year and a half at the date of this post. To Identify my stack and have it published will make it easier to refer back to it. This is not completed, every day...
View ArticleBooks I read 2017 – Part 2. Psychology, Management
This is part 2 of my book summaries, the introduction paragraph is repeated. If you are interested in relationships and learning here is part 1. This year I read 79 or so books. Also there are 24...
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