Overrated vs. Underrated: Common Beliefs We Get Wrong

As a society, we often overvalue unimportant things and undervalue the ideas and strategies that make a real difference.

Here’s my take on a few common beliefs that I think we often get wrong.

Getting to Simple: How Do Experts Figure out the Correct Things to Focus On?

 Peak performance experts say things like, “You should focus. You need to eliminate the distractions. Commit to one thing and become great at that thing.”

This is good advice. The more I study successful people from all walks of life—artists, athletes, entrepreneurs, scientists—the more I believe focus is a core factor of success.

But there is a problem with this advice too.

First Principles: Elon Musk and Bill Thurston on the Power of Thinking for Yourself

 Bill Thurston was a pioneer in the field of mathematics. He was particularly known for his contributions to low-dimensional topology, 3-manifolds, and foliation theory—concepts that sound foreign to number-challenged mortals like you and me.

The Chemistry of Building Better Habits

 There is a concept in chemistry known as activation energy.

Here’s how it works:

Activation energy is the minimum amount of energy that must be available for a chemical reaction to occur. Let’s say you are holding a match and that you gently touch it to the striking strip on the side

How to Stop Lying to Ourselves: A Call for Self-Awareness

 It was September of 1816 and two Parisian boys were playing in the courtyard of the Louvre, the famous museum in Paris.

On the other side of the courtyard, a physician named René Laennec began to quicken his pace as he walked along in the morning sun. There was a woman with heart disease waiting for him at the hospital and Laennec was late.

How to determine the viability of your startup idea

The thought of creating a successful business sounds great until you find out that your idea stinks to the general public and potential investors. It is good to be excited about your startup idea but you

The Repeated Bout Effect: If Nothing Changes, Nothing Is Going to Change

 If you have ever taken a few weeks off from exercise and then completed a strenuous workout, you may know what I’m about to say.

That first workout back from a long break can be tough, but it’s usually the soreness that follows a

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Olympic Medalist Dick Fosbury and the Surprising Power of Being Unconventional

 Dick Fosbury using his signature “Fosbury Flop” to set a new olympic record in the high jump at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City. You can watch a short clip of Fosbury’s jump here. (Image Source: International Olympic Committee.)

Dick Fosbury took a moment to mediate as 80,000 people looked down at him from their seats in Mexico City’s Olympic stadium. The fans at the 1968 Olympic Games didn’t know it at the time, but they were about to witness not only the setting of an Olympic record, but the complete revolution of a sport.

Habit Creep: The Proven, Reasonable and Totally Unsexy Way to Become More Successful

 There is a common phenomenon in the world of personal finance called “lifestyle creep.” It describes our tendency to buy bigger, better, and nicer things as our income rises.

For example, say that you receive a promotion at work and suddenly you have $10,000 more of income each year. Rather than save the extra money and continue living as normal, you’re more

Warren Buffett’s “20 Slot” Rule: How to Simplify Your Life and Maximize Your Results

Charlie Munger settled into his seat in front of the crowd at the University of Southern California.

It was 1994 and Munger had spent the last 20 years working alongside Warren Buffett as the two men grew Berkshire Hathaway into a billion-dollar corporation.

Today, Munger was delivering a talk to the USC Business School entitled, “A Lesson on Elementary Worldly Wisdom.” 

About halfway through his presentation, hidden among many fantastic lessons, Munger discussed a strategy that Warren Buffett had used with great success throughout his career.

Here it is:

Pictures from AMVCA 2016

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#AMVCA2016 Full List of Winners

Here are the winners for Amstel Malta’s Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards (AMVCA)!

• Best Art Director – Frank Raja Arase for “The Refugees”
• Best TV Series – Ariyike Oladipo for “Daddy’s Girls”

Living A Moral Life In A Corrupt Society (Video)

Episode 1 of DeLight is available on YouTube

Sen. Ben Murray Bruce.

Many Nigerians are complaining about the constant fall in the value of the Naira and they blame the Government.

But is the government really to blame? In truth, our insatiable appetite for all things foreign is to blame.