1. Spray on Skin ReCell by Avita Medical is a medical breakthrough for severe-burn victims. The technology uses a postage stamp–size piece of skin from the patient, leaving the donor site with what looks like a rug burn. Then the sample is mixed with an enzyme harvested from pigs and sprayed back onto the burn […]
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Are you Getting Enough Feedback in your Life?
Life is all about feedback. Whether it’s from a friend, a stranger, or a machine. Without honest feedback, it’s hard to actually grow. Success is relative to the amount of honest, uncomfortable feedback we can handle. Feedback isn’t always a lecture from a friend. It can come in the form of spell check or your lap […]
The Problem with “Everything in Moderation”
We’ve all heard the expression “everything in moderation” before. It sounds great because it sounds like a nice balance of control and effect. Unfortunately, it’s an unscientific statement that helps people who don’t know anything about anything sound like they know something about something. The term “everything in moderation” is mostly used for dieting, […]
The Forgotten Pillar of Life: The Power of Management
Management. Whether it’s money management, time management, task management or relationship management, management is vital. Putting systems in place and creating a routine behind them is so important that I’m willing to bet most people are 80% more wasteful without them in place. When it comes to managing our lives, the three most important management […]
The five Absolute Pillars of Life
Before I get into the top five pillars of life, let me clear something up about the order and importance. The pillars of life work synergistically with each other. I’ll give examples of this as I move through each one. Since these five pillars of life are synergistic, there isn’t really an exact order of importance. […]
Five Reasons to Never help People
Don’t get me wrong. I help more people than anyone I know. There is a reason a legitimate reason why I recommend to never help anyone. It becomes a big problem for me when people start to expect it. We all know what expectations do to you. The principle behind expectations is simple: When something doesn’t live […]
A New Year, Missing Time and the new Variable
I recently got into poker. Poker is a simple and fun game. Best of all, if you’re good at breaking down data and analyzing players, you can make a lot of money playing. I’ve wasted my time throughout the years playing various video games and and competing in recreational sports, so I thought to myself […]
Prescriptive vs Inquisitive Learning: How to Learn Anything
Critical, objective reflecting and problem solving are rarely emphasized enough in school. Answers and decisions these days always seem to have some emotional attachment to them. People judge themselves in a bias way and even lie to themselves for comfort. In order to progress in life and master the three aspects that control our lives […]
Character vs Personality: How to win at Life
There’s a pretty big difference between “character” and “personality”. The difference is in the roots and the definition, but from the outside, it isn’t visible. Knowing how to get to address bad habits and form new, effective ones highly depends on knowing the difference between character and personality. Personality “Personality” is a word used too […]
The Problem with Reinforcing Values
Sometimes values are derived from effective principles, but often times, they’re just based on a certain societies’ world view. At the end of the day, values are just opinions. Principles Principles are timeless laws of the universe. They just exist without any human intervention. They are not man made. Some principles emerge from man made […]