Business
A small or a mid-sized company (I will keep referring to it only as “company” throughout the article) starts failing when it lets its competitors influence its own agenda. They focus on what their competitors do, and diversify their investments in the areas where their competitors operate. Generally, despite the
Psychology
The prepared mind creates its own luck, and builds its own vision towards predicting the future. It doesn’t always predict perfectly, though. International Relations “experts” cannot predict the start and outcome of wars, they cannot highlight the hidden structures, and they cannot fully explain what will happen. The reason
Philosophy
This short article is written for a close friend. Who lost a valuable one a few days ago. It means that it is also written for everyone. Death is the second biggest gift of nature after birth. It is the reason why we find meaning in our lives. Happiness is
Philosophy
All the advice you are willing to take is given by other people based on their own circumstances and life experiences. A successful writer cannot give you the joy, the pain and the feelings that he had. The best advice you can get from him is “Sit down and write.
Philosophy
The biggest weakness around there is the incapacity to say “No”. “No” is a wonderful word. It means “Yes” to any other thing that it is not told for. Each “No” has numerous “Yes”s inside. Richard Feynman, one of the greatest physicists of the 20th century, says that whatever
Business
When I check the background of successful companies, I see several common points. The constant iteration, emphasis on simplicity and focus on customer experience are a few of them. However, I think there is something more important than those common points for the success of any company. It is the
Business
Hire people who are smarter and more knowledgeable than you are. Don’t hire people you can’t learn from or be challenged by. Hire people who will add value to the product and our culture. Don’t hire people who won’t contribute well to both. Hire people who
Psychology
What is in your dark side? It is important to understand that. Your dark side. All the details, as deep as you can go. Because the depth of darkness that you can reach is the height of achievements that you can get. Reaching your dark side means doing something that
Philosophy
“Museum” is the place where “muse”s exist to influence you. "Muse"s are the inspirational goddesses of literature, science, and arts in mythology. “Museum” is the noun form, referring to the place. “Music” is the adjective form, referring to the status of being inspirational. Words have immense
Psychology
If you are working on a problem, if you are dealing with various tools and assets, and if you are trying to find solutions, one key recommendation that I can give is to write down any content related to the above-mentioned elements in your notebook before sleeping. Most of our
Philosophy
What does “Çalış, 100 Al” mean? In Turkish, it means “Study, Get 100”. Those three words explain my philosophy to learn anything fast. I would like to share the core components of this methodology. I first started writing online when I was 10 on the computer of my grandfather. I
Business
The following excerpt is taken from the Scott Adams interview in “Tools of Titans”, page 269 and 270. The book is written by Tim Ferriss, and I highly recommend it. I rarely take full excerpts, but I did not want to change Adams' own explanation of the concept of