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Back to SearchWhy Poker Pros Fold What Investors Buy | Daily Essay
Episode 164
Erik Seidel folds king-nine because a weak side card leaves you drawing to second-best. Warren Buffett skipped that fold in 1962, spent 20 years buyi…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
I Quit Daily Writing in My 20s and Regretted It for Years | Daily Essay
Episode 163
I gave up daily writing in my early 20s. Life got chaotic and the habit felt expendable.
Featuring: Henri Frédéric Amiel
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1 month, 4 weeks ago
Stop Wasting Your Off Days | Daily Essay
Episode 162
A packed schedule breaks from overuse. An empty schedule atrophies from underuse. Without a deadline tomorrow, tonight slips to midnight because of P…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
Habit Banking: How to Keep a Streak Without the Panic
Episode 161
Sugarcane farmers in India get paid once a year at harvest. Tested on cognitive puzzles before and after, the score gap matched a lost night of sleep…
2 months ago
Software Engineers Were Modern Scribes | Daily Essay
Episode 160
Nine years back I quit my tech job on 3 years of savings and a software skill. I spent 8 hours a day turning product specs into working code; today a…
2 months ago
The Math of Inevitable Success | Daily Essay
Episode 159
If you understand the base rate and avoid the risk of ruin with each attempt, success stops being a question of if. It becomes a question of when.
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2 months ago
Ron Hill's 52-Year Daily Running Streak | Daily Essay
Episode 158
I fast on a range from 12pm to 2pm. Most days I make it to 2pm. A range helps your habit survive volatility.
Featuring: Ron Hill, Bruce Lee, John May…
2 months ago
Why Polar Bears Pace and Rich Men Dive to the Titanic | Daily Essay
Episode 157
When you eliminate real friction from a comfortable life, an idle mind manufactures artificial danger to replace it. Stillness has its place, and so …
2 months ago
From Clay to Code: What 24 Technologies Made Scarce | Daily Essay
Episode 156
Every time a technology makes something cheap, it makes something else scarce. Money never flows to the abundance. It flows to the new bottleneck. Wh…
2 months ago
If You Ain't Got Nothing, You Ain't Got Nothing To Lose | Daily Essay
Episode 155
When you have no position to defend, you can afford to take big swings. Starting from zero feels like a disadvantage, but it gives you total freedom …
2 months ago