Get identical socks. First of all, they are easier to pair up after doing the laundry. More importantly though, if one sock fails you don’t have to throw out the pair or wear mismatched socks like Pippi Longstockings. Simply pair it with another sock. I don’t think you have to be a mathematician to appreciate […]

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Considering this thread on the relative “fitness” of the rabbit-approach to financial success (high-leverage, take risk, cheat, …) vs the turtle-approach to financial success (work hard, be persistent, save, …), it is interesting to consider the breeding strategies of rabbits vs turtles. For turtles it is a massive endeavor. It takes many years to reach […]

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Most of the misunderstandings concerning productivity appear because productivity gurus measure productivity with time as the variable. If only we could manage time more effectively, we would get more things done, the thinking goes. This is true insofar that one is doing piecework where each actions takes a certain amount of time so that work […]

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