Why should you want to be a satisficer?
In The Paradox of Choice, Barry Schwartz set out two decision-making styles: maximising and satisficing. Maximisers aim to choose the best option […]
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Book Summary: The Paradox of Choice by Barry Schwartz
We often assume that more choice is better. After al, if we don’t like the added options, can’t we just ignore them? […]
Why you have so many unnecessary or ineffective meetings
Patrick Lencioni’s Death by Meeting got me thinking about many other problems that lead to unnecessary or ineffective meetings. Initially, I just […]
Book Summary: Death by Meeting by Patrick Lencioni
In Death by Meeting: A Leadership Fable…About Solving the Most Painful Problem in Business, Patrick Lencioni tackles the common issue of ineffective […]
Book Summary: Difficult Conversations by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton and Sheila Heen
This summary of Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton and Sheila Heen explains how to […]
Book Summary: Power by Jeffrey Pfeffer
In Power: Why Some People Have It — and Others Don’t, Jeffrey Pfeffer outlines a variety of practical suggestions on how to […]
Book Summary: Deep Work by Cal Newport
This summary of Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World is split into two parts. The first half sets […]
My experience with time-blocking
Time-blocking is a method of managing one’s time by scheduling in advance what tasks or activities you will do throughout the day. […]
Criticisms of Ha-Joon Chang’s “Economics: The User’s Guide”
In this post, I set out and explain some of my criticisms of Ha-Joon Chang’s book, Economics: The User’s Guide. First off, […]
Book Summary: Economics: The User’s Guide by Ha-Joon Chang
I’m prefacing this summary of Economics: The User’s Guide with a disclaimer: There’s a lot that I haven’t summarised, because the book […]