WORKWEEK

Trying to overplan or overthink a situation is like trying to complete a puzzle without all the pieces: It’s impossible. Our great expectations create fragile thinking that shatters under the slightest change. How can we overcome the problems of overplanning and expectation? By swapping rigid thinking for fluid thinking.

Interview with Eric Ruiz: a writer and marketing strategist (formerly working at Netflix, Waze, and trolling Drake with a tongue-in-cheek billboard). We practically apply last week’s mental model of bifurcation, learning how Eric bifurcates decisions to minimise risk, streamline his thinking and focus where it matters.  We’ll also learn why Eric thinks the traditional diversity…

What if you could reduce the chaos of choosing between dozens of decisions to just two options? Bifurcation paints our path forward in binary black and white, making difficult decisions more straightforward. Combining this with singular focus—narrowing your visor so all you can think about is achieving that one goal—is a powerful recipe for progress.…

Blame damages our relationships. Pointing the finger slams the door shut on any future progress you might make together. But what if we could retrain blame? So when we instinctively look for problems, instead we accept our situation, take responsibility and open the door to opportunity? There’s more than one side to this though. As…

Have you laid awake in bed after an exhausting day regretting a decision you made earlier? The truth is, it’s hard to see why we make certain choices. Busy schedules make reflection a luxury. But what if you could take a step back and actually understand how to make better decisions? How would this impact…

The idea of an uncomfortable conversation is never easy. But the truth is: they’re necessary. And odds are, the thing we’ve been putting off is often what needs to be done most. For people who want to radically shift their live’s direction, there is one conversation that is both the hardest to have, AND the…