How to Evaluate Advice Before You Follow It
Before following advice, check its hidden assumptions, evidence, downside and fit. Use five questions and a worked example to test a confident-sounding rule.
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Advice and Its Evil Twin
From The End of Wisdom - a book about why most advice is bullsh*t. This week, the chapter it opens with.The squeaky wheel gets the grease. The nail that sticks out gets hammered down. Both are proverbs, both are…
Why Common Sense Beats Catchy Anecdotes
If there's one thing we've all experienced, it's the magnetic pull of a flashy story. The allure of a clever anecdote, dressed up in technical jargon or pronounced with the authority of a best-selling author or…
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