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Take 10 minutes and think deeply about the fact that you’re probably wrong about most things. If your immediate instinct is to tell me that I’m wrong, take 20 minutes instead.
How to cook for yourself, really, really good food. I no longer crave restaurant food, and all of the really important things I learned about cooking take just the time to read it, hear about it and then try it. All without any special hardware. A few examples: 1. Cooking jasmine rice: rinse it first, 1 c. water to 1 c. rice ratio. Bring to boil, turn down heat to lowest setting. Leave lid /the entire time/. Fluff th…
I second this as a worthy skill to have, but there aren't many dishes you can become really good at making just in an hour. At least anecdotally, just the process of learning to make a great french omelette is pretty brutal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s10etP1p2bU
"Really good" is subjective. It's the very notion something is possible and that you can do it that I see as valuable. Practice makes perfect, nothing can be perfect the first time you learn it.
Take 10 minutes and think deeply about the fact that you’re probably wrong about most things. If your immediate instinct is to tell me that I’m wrong, take 20 minutes instead.
A commendable way to spend the remaining 40 minutes is to reflect on becoming so brave in the face of failure - of being wrong - that you seem almost foolhardy to others. Ideally, you want to be really quite wrong about many different things in myriad interesting ways.
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I think "Never split the difference" by Chris Voss is the better book if you can tolerate a bit of bragging.
In your opinion, what does Voss' book do better? There's also a Farnham Street podcast with Voss: https://fs.blog/2018/01/chris-voss/
How to cook for yourself, really, really good food. I no longer crave restaurant food, and all of the really important things I learned about cooking take just the time to read it, hear about it and then try it. All without any special hardware. A few examples: 1. Cooking jasmine rice: rinse it first, 1 c. water to 1 c. rice ratio. Bring to boil, turn down heat to lowest setting. Leave lid /the entire time/. Fluff th…
Cooking is great but you cannot learn it in an hour.
I pick a new one I want to perfect every few months, look up recipes and try them out over and over until I get it the way I want. (you have to eat anyways) And after doing this for years, I am always told I should open a restaurant. (but that is silly hard work, and everyone can cook)
Learn blind typing with 10 fingers, if you were not doing that yet. Not only will it be a timesaver for the rest of your life, but it allows you to get into flow much easier, where your thoughts stream effortlessly to the screen.
And if you thinking about re-learning how to type anyway, try doing it on an optimised but common layout like Colemak or Dvorak. Basically no extra cost, but even greater savings!
I continue to be skeptical that there's any substantial performance improvement. The published research is obviously ambivalent-at-best. And my anecdotal life experience also make the Dvorak typists look pretty mediocre (including the ones who've been doing it for a decade).
On the other hand, a very real cost is that if you want to pair, or receive coaching from a mentor, or coach someone, or just let a significant other type a quick email on your laptop, that works poorly. Though you could view that as a perk, I suppose. Also keybindings optimized for physical layout on QWERTY will no longer apply to you, which can be inconvenient.
Knowledge is gained through insights. While a full understanding and implications of an insight can take a lifetime, an insight can be triggered in under an hour.
Now which insights are most valuable? That is always going to be personal and relative. But one of the insights that touches all people and is almost universally lacking or deeply misunderstood is the insight into money. What is it exactly, where does it come from, who controls it? ...
So that would be my choice. Spend an hour learning about money. Here is a decent and easy starter in under an hour.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bE8i-4HpKlM&list=PLyl80QTKi0...