In order to gain self-knowledge, you have to reduce the gap between what you think about yourself and reality. Although this is often an uncomfortable process, the truth is always liberating.

 

In this episode, I share two theories from social psychology about why we sometimes lie to ourselves and fool ourselves, as...

Jake shares his own tools and systems for independent learning. These are the hacks for proactive learning, rather than being an uncritical consumer of ideas. Topics covered include:

• Making objectives for your learning and capturing them in Evernote
• Coping with the information firehose
• Filtering your search for...