Psychology
When to start?
Now.
Philosophy
Isolation
We are living in a constant information flow. This is due to the increasing ease of creating “content”. Everyone creates their “content” with a flick of a camera. In that atmosphere and constant flow of “content”, which type of “content” should we consume? I like using “content” in brackets, because
Business
Essentials on writing and the future of academic communication
I noticed that when I listen to academics, they speak in a much simpler language that is completely different than the way they write. In academia, there has been an ongoing debate on the ways to write more effectively. And I have always been on the side that pushes for
Philosophy
RAQs over FAQs
Frequently asked questions, FAQs, are almost on every company website. We all have FAQs, asked to us, throughout our lives. Well, what if we add some RAQs into the mixture? Rarely Asked Questions. There are two aspects here: 1- One’s life quality is shaped by the quality of the
Business
Take risk with your time
The biggest force connecting business, finance and physics is compounding. Anything that is worthwhile takes time to build. It should be repeated again and again with tiny iterations each time. Each iteration will cost you time. You can invest in two main ways. You can invest with your money, put
Business
What are you afraid of, and what are the real dangers?
We overestimate the dangers that are around us. There is an interesting psychological illusion, making us afraid of the unknown, and the same illusion lets us understand how capable we really are when we go into those unknown territories. It is important to ask yourself, what are the worst things
Psychology
It doesn’t matter how fast you run, if you are on a treadmill
Let’s remember why speed and velocity are different. “Speed” deals with how fast an object is moving. “Velocity” focuses on both speed and direction. “Velocity” is a vectoral concept, “speed” is not. In velocity, the places you start and end are key. Imagine a truck traveling at 100km/h.
Business
Why do small and mid-sized companies fail?
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
Best way to predict the future
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
Business
Market Size Matters
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
Google’s Hiring Dos and Don’ts
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
Business
Concept of "Triple Threat" by Scott Adams
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