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The Control-Concern-Focus Principle
Focus only on where control and concern meet.
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Phil Hagspiel
The Map Is Not The Territory
How Our Models Mask True Meaning
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3 Hidden Thinking Flaws
How to upgrade your thought process to become a more interesting thinker.
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Phil Hagspiel
Five Controversial Truths About The Good Life
Unpopular life advice the positivity culture won't talk about.
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Bayesian Thinking
The surprising superpower of adapting your beliefs to new information
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Phil Hagspiel
Occam's Razor
Why Simple Explanations Are More Likely To Be True
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Phil Hagspiel
Six Pillars of A Good Life
A simple perspective on a complex topic
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Phil Hagspiel
7 Life Truths Only Few Understand
A nuanced take on what it means to be human
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Phil Hagspiel
The 4 Pillars of Personal Development
A new meta framework on a chaotic field
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Phil Hagspiel
Reactance Theory
The Silent Killer of Engagement
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Phil Hagspiel
The Anna Karenina Principle
Disorder increases over time — it is more likely that things go wrong than right.
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Phil Hagspiel
Reverse Engineering: Starting With The End In Mind
Don’t Start With What You Have, Start With What You Want To Come True
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Phil Hagspiel
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