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Three weeks later: How to be wrong more often – Diary

March 23, 2021March 26, 2021
sam
Optimizing Life, Self Improvement

In my article how to be wrong more often, I presented the idea of making a diary to record one thing I was wrong about each day. Here, I will talk about what happened and how I changed the general

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Instant Karma? Why does it feel real?

Man jumping into the air enthusiastically
March 16, 2021March 17, 2021
sam
Self Improvement, Optimizing Life, psychology

Maybe it’s just me, but sometimes, when I work hard and take care of myself, everything else just seems to fall into place. It feels like instant karma. The converse also holds.

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Results-based thinking and what poker taught me

March 9, 2021March 9, 2021
sam
Optimizing Life, Self Improvement

Having invested a lot of time into poker theory, I have often stumbled across situations where results-based thinking is a common and attractive fallacy. It is easy to say: “I won the pot, so I made the right call”. But

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How to be wrong more often

Scrabble pieces spelling out the words Your, Error and Own
March 2, 2021March 16, 2021
sam
psychology, Self Improvement

I have recently started listening to Adam Grant’s book “Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know” and so far, it is quite an insightful book on spotting one’s own errors of cognition and perception. Being wrong is

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Why I make sure to read a book for 1 minute every day.

February 23, 2021February 23, 2021
sam
Optimizing Life, Reading

This post is not strictly about reading, but about all types of positive behavior, one would like to incorporate into one’s daily routine. So far, I have succeeded in making three habits part of my day-to-day by just doing them

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Why I limit my time on social media

February 15, 2021February 16, 2021
sam
Optimizing Life

Because social media feed us bite-sized entertainment, we rarely think about every piece of entertainment as an investment of time. In the end, we spend hours watching countless short clips. If we asked ourselves beforehand: do I want to watch

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Why sleep is important and how I make sure I get my 8 hours

February 9, 2021February 9, 2021
sam
Optimizing Life

Everybody knows that sleep is a form of rest for the body and mind. We have been taught that getting a solid 8 hours of sleep a night is important and healthy. Despite knowing about this, we often sleep too little or set ourselves up for bad sleep.

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What is this blog about?

January 30, 2021February 9, 2021
sam
General

The reason I wanted to start this blog is to write about whatever interests me. I feel that writing helps clarify ideas and concepts and reveals misconceptions and errors to the writer. The name “Meaning in Curiosity” came from my

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