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Category Archives: QnA
Are Sam Harris’ arguments irrefutable?
A Simplified Conversation about Free Will with Sam Harris: Sam: Do you have free will? Me: Maybe, I sure hope so. Sam: Are you future decisions based on your past, your deep conscious and unconscious past? Me: Yes. Sam: Now, do you have any control of the past, genes, childhood and other experiences? Me: No. […]
What are the biggest lessons you have learned in the corporate world?
I discovered that the best innovation is sometimes the company, the way you organize a company. A-plus players like to work together, and they don’t like it if you tolerate B work. It’s too easy, as a team grows, to put up with a few B players, and they then attract a few more B […]
What’s the third picture on your phone? How does it depict what’s going on in your life right now?
Lafayette Coney Island Hotdogs in Detroit Went to Detroit with a couple friends. We got these dogs before watching the Pittsburg Penguins play the Red Wings at Joe Louis Arena. This picture was taken the next day after strolling through the North American Auto Show. We enjoyed a weekend full of fun events but the […]
If you had one last breath and the entire world was listening to you, what would you say?
Take a long deep breath and reflect on the life I’ve had. Nothing else matters. The world might be listening, but honestly, the people of the world wouldn’t care what I would have to say. Smile and Breathe. Quora: If-you-had-one-last-breath-and-the-entire-world-was-listening-to-you-what-would-you-say ?
What is the #1 reason you are successful?
Champions are made from something they have deep inside them A desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have last-minute stamina, They have to be a little faster, They have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill. Muhammad Ali Quora: What-is-the-1-reason-you-are-successful?
Why do people read the same book multiple times?
Why do people eat the same cake multiple times? Similar concept. I know I enjoyed it once before, so I read the same book to stimulate my senses in a familiar way. Or I just want to read the same book to see if I can squeeze out more details the second time. https://www.quora.com/Why-do-people-read-the-same-book-multiple-times/answer/Tom-Reads
What do you do after you finish reading a book?
I read mostly self-improvement, business and psychology books. I used to feel frustrated because I would quickly forget everything I learned after finishing a book. It seems some people only remember 2% of each book read. Some people don’t mind, but it really bothered me. I figured the best way to learn was to teach […]
What stops people from having the life they want?
My answer, based on what I learned from The Willpower Instinct
Can you provide an ordered checklist for self-improvement?
Here’s my checklist, based on what I learned from The Power of Habit