Michael Ashcroft STart hereEssaysNewsletter How to use fear as a tool for growth I’m scared.I’m scared that I’m not good enough. I’m scared that you’ll judge me. And I’m scared that if I put myself out there I’ll feel shame, not pride. But my biggest f...

How to Pick Your Life Partner – Part 2  February 13, 2014 By Tim Urban This is Part 2. Part 1 is here. Often, the key to succeeding at something big is to break it into its tiniest pieces and ...

interviewInterview With Aella, Part II This is part 2 of the interview, where we discuss trauma, epistemic rationality, free will, acid, and the void. Part 1 covered Aella’s life and background. Let’s talk about trauma, which is a con...

interviewInterview with Aella, Part I This is part 1 of the interview, talking about Aella’s background, Twitter, Jews, the homeless, LSD ranches, Inuit mythology, insecurity, and sex. Part 2 covers psychedelics and philosophizing. The...

rationalityThe Great Annealing Neural Annealing Michael Johnson of the Qualia Research Institute wrote an overview of the theory of neural annealing. The metaphor comes from metalsmithing. A newly forged sword is ductile and tough. The...

Finding patterns in the past: Using Roam as a self-therapy tool Posted by Kane Dodgson | Jun 2, 2020 | Depression, Personal development, Personal experiences, Psychology, Self-help | ...

Overcoming DepressionJune 29, 2006 Earlier this week I wrote about How to Help Negative People. But what if you’re the one who’s feeling chronically negative? In this article I’ll give you a process for helping yourself out of negative emotional st...

benkuhn.net home • say hi • blogroll • work with meWhat happened to all the non-programmers?This week I found myself at yet another dinner party that mysteriously contained only two people who were not involved with the tech industry in some way.As I ...

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Treatment of Trauma (Book Summary) Posted in Book summary, Books, Emotions, Free, Habits, Personal growth On October 22, 2019 BY Tiago Forte This post is also available in UkrainianWhen ...

The greatest sports achievement in my lifetime? . Football players seem even more like gladiators when they play in short sleeves in a winter storm, and baseball players who don't wear batting gloves feel like throwbacks to a more ...

Homesteading the Twittersphere 3 weeks ago If you go to the About page on Matthew Ball’s website, you’ll find a quote from Jason Hirschhorn: "Kevin Mayer called and said ‘Hey, Bob Iger and I would like to have lunch with you’…And Iger, I’m goi...

Want to start a startup? Get funded by Y Combinator. July 2009Now that the term "ramen profitable" has become widespread, I ought to explain precisely what the idea entails.Ramen profitable means a startup makes just enough to pay the founders' li...

Personal Sprints: Applying Design Thinking to Your Life Posted in Design, Free, Goals, Guest Posts On June 1, 2018 ...

Notes on euphoria via airplaneAva Huang (ava) ╱ 8-25-20201. Tretinoin is making me break out in a way I never did when I was an actual teenager. I lightly press a finger to my inflamed forehead twenty-six thousand feet in the air as the plane thrums a...

Do you want to be with an emotionally available person? Be emotionally available YOURSELF by NATALIE | Nov 18, 2010 | Happiness & Self-Esteem | 61 comments I’m often asked ‘How do I find someone who is emotion...

Jul 30, 2014 The Dentist Office Software Story I’ve been telling this fictional story about Dentist Office Software for years to describe why we are so focused on our "networks" investment strategy. Yesterday I told it at a HackNY event we did at the...

How to parent more predictablyby jefftk10th Jul 20181 comment 69 Frontpage (As with anything else I write about parenting, this is mostly just my observations with my own two kids and may not generalize as well as I think it does.)A few weeks ago I wro...

Do the Real Thing May, 2020 | Comments | Share Success largely boils down to a simple distinction. It’s glaringly obvious once you see it, but also easy to find ingenious ways of ignoring it: do the real thing and stop doing fake...

Create a Stable Life, not a Stable Job  Tynan A month ago 34 ShannonkwoldCastletelesisJulianayasnogChristy OrrElektronikSigaradenverkarenZachraymondAngieJArner...

Priya's Summary:By being open about the challenges you’re facing, you’ll get useful feedback.If you're not beholden to keeping a perfect image of yourself, and you will avoid imposter syndrome Pitching out corrupts withinIf you’re trying to answer an i...

SUMMARY: Move slowly online, never reply out of a sense of urgency or heightened emotionsOnline friends are neither more or less real than IRL friends, they’re just different. Don’t abandon your IRL friendsFollow good digital practices like keeping pho...

SUMMARY:Waldenponding is to artificially restrict digital life because you think it’s ‘bad for you’ or you look down upon itYou aren’t an NPC in the battle for your own attention! Even if media is meant to be ‘addicting’ you can implement strategies to...