What is Knowledge For?

Many of us consume massive amounts of information to gain knowledge.

But what good is it to accumulate information?

I've personally found it helpful to continually ask myself: how will I use this to help myself and others?

I would amend "knowledge is power" to "applying knowledge is power." After all, knowing without using using the knowledge is the functional equivalent of not knowing at all.

How "Safe" Holds Us Back

Attributes like perfectionism can become the brain's defense mechanism for keeping us safe...but never committing to action.

Many of our cognitive biases do not serve us well. Don't let imposter syndrome, perfectionism, or any other "ism" become an excuse for procrastination.

“Boats are safe in harbor, but that’s not what boats are for.”

- John A. Shedd

The Cost of Living for Approval

Modifying your own behavior for the approval of others makes you a minority shareholder in your own life.

The cost of being easy to live with is the destruction of the person doing the living.