Latest articles by Shane Parrish
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Why your organization sucks at innovatingfeature Want to kill innovation? Make people attend meetings all day. Send them emails every 30 seconds.
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Practice makes perfect: Why you should rethink the way you trainfeature If you're like most people, your performance has probably plateaued
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How triangles revolutionized mapmakingfeature And more lessons from Ian Stewart's In Pursuit of the Unknown: 17 Equations That Changed the World
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5 scientific secrets to high performancefeature If you want to improve your work, you need to make fewer decisions
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How to filter out the nonsense at workfeature Constantly asking "Why?" might not make you Mr. Popular around the office. But it will help you clearly understand the rationale behind your company's goals.
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5 books to read before your 30th birthdayfeature Reading and understanding these will give you an edge
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The five skills of disruptive innovatorsfeature Most of us believe that the ability to think creatively is genetic. It's not.
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Inversion and the power of avoiding stupidityfeature True fact: Avoiding stupidity is easier than seeking brilliance
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Most of what you are going to do or say today is not essentialfeature Our response to getting stuck in the muck is usually to put our foot on the accelerator. Here's a different idea.
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The best way to take notes while readingfeature You should really try to engage in a conversation with the author
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Jeff Bezos's reading listfeature Want to learn like an Amazon exec? Read on.
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Strategize smarterfeature A primer on strategy
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11 surprisingly apt lessons from Machiavelli's The Princefeature The 16th-century treatise is known for its detached ruthlessness. But you can still learn a lot from reading it.
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Important life lessons, courtesy of a Roman emperorfeature Marcus Aurelius' Meditations stands the test of time
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The secrets of happy familiesfeature Dinnertime is more important than you think
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The books that changed my lifefeature Poor Charlie's Almanack could be the greatest word for word collection of wisdom I've ever come across
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Ancient wisdom for lifelong healthfeature This is not just another paleo diet book
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5 ways to get a better night's sleepfeature Turn off the iPad — and take a cold shower!
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Big Finance's hyper-focus on frequency creates a blindspot on magnitudefeature And what can be done to change that
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Why you should avoid best-selling booksfeature If you read what everyone else reads, soon you'll start thinking like everyone else
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5 ways to build a good relationship with anyonefeature Start by checking your ego at the door
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