The local maximum paradox: why you often must go backwards to find fulfillment

The local maximum paradox: why you often must go backwards to find fulfillment

If you just try to keep getting better every day, you probably won’t end up the best place for you. Imagine for a moment that you’re taking a walk in the woods. You decide to find a high place that will deliver best possible view. So you follow the obvious method: just keep walking uphill…

Finding fulfillment: the only four things I still do, and the one I gave up

Finding fulfillment: the only four things I still do, and the one I gave up

A funny thing happens as you get older. All the noise and confusion of a busy career quiets. You begin to focus on what’s important. And you give up silly and unproductive behaviors. Here are the only four things I still do. And the one thing I’m pleased not to do any more. Learn You…