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The First Move
When you find a teacher, let the person teaching you have the first move. Do whatever they say without questioning. Then think about questions.
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Chris Wong
Brain Size to Body Size
When I took Driver’s Ed decades ago, I remember one of the lessons was that intelligence depends on the ratio of your brain size to your body size…
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Chris Wong
🤯Unknown Unknowns #120 - On Happiness
A reader asked me, “What makes me happy? Honestly, I’m not even sure I can define what happiness is. Being with friends and family, doing things you…
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Life Expectancy
I hear the argument that people used to live short lives in earlier eras. Because the life expectancy was in the 30s, it meant that most people didn’t…
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Chris Wong
Trust Barriers
Shanté Cofield, in a conversation with Khe Hy, mentioned the concept of trust barriers. Once you’ve broken a trust barrier, the other person will be…
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Chris Wong
Getting Paid
Why is work called 'work' and not 'fun'? Because they have to pay you to do it! This is a really dumb joke, but it illustrates the assumption we have…
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🤯Unknown Unknowns #119 - Write For Yourself, Then Write For Others
A few weeks ago, I struggled with writing an essay. I had a story about how my Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) partner, after getting choked said, “That was…
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