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Four Lessons Found in Quotes from Voltaire’s Candide

Who was Voltaire? François-Marie Arouet, better known as Voltaire, is the principal representative of the Age of Enlightenment. He fought passionately against dogmatism of any kind, advocated free speech, was censored, imprisoned and exiled multiple…

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Michel de Montaigne on Luck and Why You Shouldn’t Regret Your Decisions

What we know today as the Outcome Bias was clear to Michel de Montaigne five centuries ago – we are rarely in complete control over the outcomes of our decisions, and often we’re not to…

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Confessions of a Philosopher: Bryan Magee on the Importance of Peer Criticism In Learning

In Confessions of a Philosopher, an excitingly readable and thought-provoking introduction to philosophy written in a form of an autobiography, Bryan Magee tells us about his personal journey through philosophy, from having insoluble questions in…

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Robert Greene on The Apprenticeship System and How to Effectively Start a New Job

Robert Greene, the author of The 48 Laws of Power states that the ultimate form of power is mastery. In Mastery, his other book focused on the concept throughout history, with support of biographical stories…

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Outcome Bias – Never Judge Decisions by Their Outcome

How often do we stress about the unfavorable outcomes of our decisions. It makes us feel we should have known better. However, it turns out that we’re often wrong in judging our decisions after the…

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Perspective is Everything – Rory Sutherland on the Value of Reframing

“Our own sense of self-aggrandizement feels that big important problems need to have big important, and most of all, expensive solutions attached to them.” Rory Sutherland, Sweat the small stuff at TED Rory Sutherland is…

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Paul Graham on Wealth Inequality and The Difference Between Wealth And Money

In his 2004. essay How to make wealth, Paul Graham touches upon the subtle difference between wealth and money: If you want to create wealth, it will help to understand what it is. Wealth is…

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Richard Feynman on the Importance of Learning Concepts Instead of Mere Facts

In the Graduate College dining room at Princeton everybody used to sit with his own group. I sat with the physicists, but after a bit I thought: It would be nice to see what the…

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Jeff Bezos on Making Smart and Fast Decisions

One common pitfall for large organizations – one that hurts speed and inventiveness – is “one-size-fits-all” decision making. Some decisions are consequential and irreversible or nearly irreversible – one-way doors – and these decisions must…

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