If you’d bought bitcoin 10 years ago, you wouldn’t be rich today — If you’re like me, you recognise that bitcoin is egregiously destructive to the environment but simultaneously are like “man, if I’d put a hundred bucks into bitcoin when I first heard of it and vaguely considered it, I’d be a millionaire today, ###regret###.” I have good news, which is: no…

Are you an “Interviewer” or a “Volunteer”? — There are two kinds of conversationalists. I call them ‘Interviewers’ and ‘Volunteers’. Everyone knows about Interviewers. All networking and dating advice is pitched at pleasing Interviewers. These are people who like to be asked lots of questions about themselves. …

How to get around the algorithm and get eyes on your work — Do you struggle to get any traction on social media, even when you know you’ve written great content, with a grabby headline and a compelling image? You’re not imagining things. There’s a very simple reason why: Twitter hates external links When you share your Medium article on Twitter, you’re asking readers to leave Twitter…

My phone habits got healthier when I applied classic stop-smoking techniques that have been proven to work. — Like many people, I used to check my phone basically any time there was a lull in activity of more than 30 seconds. If I was having dinner with my partner and he went to the bathroom, my phone would be out in an instant. If I was waiting for…

Once you understand them, you can supercharge any productivity system — aka “How I stopped my brain turning to soup during lockdown” At its most basic, a kanban is three vertical columns — To Do, Doing, and Done — with tasks moving across as you progress. Simple. But as with every other methodology that gets popular, people adopt the surface-level practice…

Do you remember how magical they were, how much promise they were filled with? — I used to be a huge gamer, and I’m not anymore, but I still read a lot of video game news and reviews for some reason. I don’t know if the games have got worse (probably not) or my ability to be enthralled has just waned. I used to get…

This little-known term will help you understand the patterns of how you connect — I’m going to tell you about an incredibly useful linguistic concept — one of those things where you’re like “oh there’s a word for that, that’s so useful! Now I have a way to talk about it.” You know how when you say something, sometimes you want the other person…

(And some more challenging ones) — Scroll down for the alternative dilemmas Today we are talking Trolley Problems, only we’re not, because I am sick of them and they’re boring. Trolley Problems are basically, you’re a train driver, your train is about to kill five kids, do you divert it so it kills a rail worker…

Hint: It’s not, “tell them it’s easy and they’ll pick it up no problem” — I’ve noticed that if someone wants you to try badminton or a party game or trivia or whatever, and you tell them “I’m not good at sports/boardgames/improv” or whatever it is, 9 times out of 10 they will respond, “Nah don’t worry, it’s easy, you’ll pick it up.” And…