I began reading Freakonomics today (or more so, listening to it on Audible) One of the main concepts introduced in the beginning is the concept of incentives There are primarily 3 types of incentives in life, when you essentialize it down, you get: Economic Social Moral Each of us is driven by these three main… Continue reading

Sticks and stones may break your bones… But bones heal. Your words will stay with me forever. The scars you cannot see. The beauty and power you’ve granted to me. The insecurities I’ll never forget. Words can make you feel. It’s how we share emotions—how we express anger, hate, love, excitement, confusion, passion, frustration. Sometimes, one… Continue reading

Less is more. My acting teacher in high school, who I deeply looked up to, would always tell us: “Move only to improve on stillness; speak only to improve on silence” Every action needed to have intent behind it. Because when you are on stage, in front of the whole world, everyone can see you.… Continue reading

I think one of the worst things about modern education is our obsession with numbers and test grades. I know for a fact that some people get 4.0s (perfect grades) but that doesn’t necessarily reflect their knowledge or proficiency in certain subjects, because they picked easy courses and lenient professors who are often easy graders… Continue reading

Adam Grant did an experiment in his book “Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives our Success” He asked employees of a company what % of the workers do they believe steal/have stolen from the company? He found that people who often answered this question with high %’s, believing their colleagues were thieves, generally meant… Continue reading

In investments, the younger you are, the most risk you are meant to take. In life, the risks you take are what builds character and personality. It’s how we grow. That’s advice given to us from wiser, educated people who have more life experience. They say the greatest risk in life is to not take… Continue reading

One thing that we can always hold true to every person in this world is that we are connected by this plague that we call “problems.” Life’s problems are like weeds; after you pull one out, another will sprout just a few feet away. We created social media apps so we could solve the problem… Continue reading

People who use Google Chrome, compared to internet explorer or other default browsers, are 15% more successful at their job. This is not because of Google Chrome being that much better (although many test studies show that Chrome statistically is better in terms of speed and performance, it is really negligible) The reason is this: People… Continue reading