In the last article, we considered the “Taleb Surgeon Paradox” and how it related to how we are likely to make tough choices in our lives/careers about who we trust, who we choose as our mentors or who we “let cut us” like a surgeon. In summary, this paradox states that, “If you’re faced with … Read more
The “Taleb Surgeon Paradox”. I’ve been thinking about this one for several months now, as in many ways, I relate my own life and sense of purpose to it. Getting to the point of the scalpel as it were, here is the “If you’re faced with a choice between two equally qualified surgeons, go with … Read more
The Tony Robbins Paradox. I’ve got to refer to Conor Neill once again as he was inspired by Sahil Bloom’s tweet series about the most powerful paradoxes of life. Neill paraphrased the Tony Robbins Paradox clearly and directly as: “The Tony Robbin’s Paradox: In investing, the willingness to admit you have no competitive advantage can … Read more
The Icarus Paradox. Like me, Conor Neill was inspired by Sahil Bloom’s tweet series about the most powerful paradoxes of life. Neill summarized the Icarus Paradox concisely as: “Icarus crafted wings—but flew too close to the sun, so they melted and he fell to his death. What makes you successful can lead to your downfall. … Read more
Inspired by Sahill Bloom & Tyler Wise It’s possible that as you read this, you are very busy, if not overwhelmed, with a list of urgent to-do’s to deal with. Welcome to modern living, where we seemingly have everything we could possibly need, but not enough of what we could really use: peace and joy. … Read more
Back in the 90s, there were many studies done about the “Productivity Paradox.” Primarily, these studies focused solely on something called the “Solow computer paradox.” According to Stanford based research, “…as more investment is made in information technology, worker productivity may go down instead of up.” Further, the researchers wrote, “This is highly counterintuitive. Before … Read more