Adaptability

Adaptability

A hand holds and fans out a deck of playing cards with patterned backs against a black background.
6mins
We’re often ashamed to say, “I don’t know” — but this professional poker player thinks it’s one of our greatest strengths.
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5mins
Evolution doesn’t fix things — it reinvents them. A biologist explains.
John Templeton Foundation
An abstract figure with a pale face holds its head and screams on a bridge, with swirling blue, orange, and black lines in the background.
9mins
No, emotions don’t happen TO you. Here’s what happens instead.
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5mins
Geniuses and prodigies are captivating. But generalists rule the world.
John Templeton Foundation
A figure stands beneath a tree with a serpent coiled on the branches, in a dense, shadowy forest clearing.
6mins
Aimless wandering is essential for understanding yourself. Here’s why.
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9mins
It has perhaps never been easier to feel as if you’ve fallen behind in life. From the anxieties of comparing yourself to others online to our fetishization of success, it […]
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10mins
Tim Ferriss has interviewed some of the most powerful thinkers in the world. This is what he learnt about how they operate.
A cluster of yellow flowers with green leaves grows from cracked soil, with visible roots, on a solid blue background.
6mins
History’s most remarkable leaders had this one trait in common. We can harness it too.
4mins
A productivity expert explains how you can be creative and a powerhouse of productivity.
4mins
This productivity hack comes with an asterisk, explains note-taking guru Tiago Forte.
8mins
He lived with a tribe of hunter-gatherers to witness how an ancient culture survives one of the most brutal climates on Earth. His learnings may surprise you.
5mins
Don’t take the prodigy pathway. Become a broad thinker instead.
Illustration of the top view of a human brain, showing detailed grooves and folds, with a textured, etched style on a dark background—evoking the complexity of mental feedback loops.
Humans tend to hunker down in our own minds and trust what we already believe to be true. This emotion-based way of thought isn't often the best way to think about anything, and often leads to gridlock.
John Templeton Foundation
what workers want
Here’s how to design a work environment that gives control to employees and stimulates open conversation.
Stand Together
Alternative education
6mins
College doesn’t pay off for a lot of people. So he started a school that doesn’t get paid unless you do.