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  • Health: Loneliness Kills. Fundamentals For Strong Social Connections.

    January 2024

    Are our busy lives sending us on a path to loneliness? Social connections matter more than we think. Some fundamentals to build stronger connections.

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  • Internal Motivation: When “Do What You Love” Isn’t Practical

    November 2023

    Cultivate the right motivation for long term success and well-being.

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  • Success: The Paradox of Big Fish, Little Pond

    September 2023

    Seek to balance growth and well-being in a sea of overachievers.

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  • Success: Fear and Hope to Accomplish Goals

    August 2023

    Increase motivation and success. How we frame our goals matters. Using a Promotion Focus or Prevention Focus.

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  • Think Better: Increasing Cognitive Endurance

    August 2023

    We can increase our brainpower. By reducing the effect of cognitive fatigue.

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  • Mental Models: Make Better Decisions in Uncertainty

    June 2023

    Expected value helps us make higher quality decisions. And feel better about them too.

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  • Success and Luck: How to Court Good Fortune

    May 2023

    Luck exists in various forms. We can influence how much we benefit from it.

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  • Success: How Experts Become Experts

    May 2023

    Everyone needs practice to become great. It’s how we practice that matters. Use Deliberate Practice to level up.

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  • Success: Talent Doesn’t Go Far

    April 2023

    The unexpected truth of achievement. Effort matters more than talent.

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  • Mental Models: From Envy to Inspiration

    March 2023

    Turn envy into a force for good. The positive side of social comparison.

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  • Mental Models: Our Desire for More Burns Us Out

    February 2023

    We adapt to what we get and want more. How to manage our treadmill of desire.

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  • Think Better: How to Ask Better Questions

    February 2023

    Is it ever good for a date to feel like an interview? Questions get a bad rep. Here’s how we can fix that.

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  • Success: Hold Back to Achieve Big Goals

    January 2023

    Aggressive growth and performance can spell disaster. A story of a marathon for steady success.

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  • Success: Think Long Term to Do More, Regret Less

    January 2023

    How to use long term thinking to live better. Why I’ve gone deep with yoga.

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  • Success: Win Less to Win More

    December 2022

    Our desire to win is killing our relationships. A surprise dinner gone horribly wrong.

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Tim Kung

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Seattle, WA

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