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I thought of a better way to explain why people are bad at giving advice, and bad at accomplishing things in general: it’s usually that they want to do things out of the correct order. The way I put it … Continue reading →

The main reason I’ve been holding off on this post is I’ve been struggling to think of a way to make it longer. TFW it’s already perfect. It’s going to come off as sociopathic but you’ll also remember it because … Continue reading →

Following from last post, where I simply stated the One Big Lesson of the last 8 years (mock the taboos and get away with it to break them), I thought it would be helpful to have a checklist of things … Continue reading →

I explain in this post why so many people support such obviously bad things – and how you can help to train them into better habits. https://frankwright.substack.com/p/man-behind-the-mask The cause is power-reinforcing taboos, the behavior is blaming the messenger, and the … Continue reading →

Disclaimer: I’ve never struggled with weight, either putting it on or taking it off, so I’m probably going to gloss over the fundamentals. I’d recommend Alan Thrall content for that (H/T Lizard King). You should keep in mind my advice … Continue reading →

As a rule, you should not take training advice from experts. The reason is, unless they are specifically experts in training people at your level, they aren’t going to remember what it was like at the start, so they’re going … Continue reading →

The idea is to unpack what people mean when they say “At some level I knew X…” What this implies is there’s at least two levels of belief, and probably at least three. But I think there are extra levels … Continue reading →

After reading a few books on the topic, you realize 80% of getting and keeping money is predicted by a couple of very specific personality features. It’s not intelligence, or conscientiousness, or competitiveness, or ambition, or particular skills, or creativity, … Continue reading →

Visceral reaction guestpost by prefc, who actually knows things about computers. Read book list from https://simpleprogrammer.com/products/careerguide/links/: Me, here: https://aeolipera.wordpress.com/2023/12/22/2024-goals/ Huge waste of time. See, I haven’t read all of these but I’ve read enough about them to form an opinion. … Continue reading →

If, like many readers of this blog, you’ve got life more or less figured out and you’re coasting along at something like a steady state of progress, and you’ve come to appreciate the importance of Christianity but you aren’t 100% … Continue reading →