Richard Branson believes in saying yes to new ideas and learning on the job. Experience and a passion for learning make taking risks easier and more rewarding.
Time-boxing a necessary evil in today’s knowledge work?
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Time-blocking is a productivity hack where your day is divided into task blocks. While it boosts productivity, it can feel heavy and affect mental well-being. Balance is key.
Using AI for scientific breakthroughs
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DeepMind’s AlphaGo mastered Go in hours using reinforcement learning. CEO Demis Hassabis explained in a TED Tech podcast how AI like AlphaFold decodes complex mysteries, revolutionizing science.
The showroom effect
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Buying new clothes feels like a makeover at the store, but once home, I morph into a wrinkled, mismatched disaster. The culprit? The sneaky showroom lighting, of course!
The Philippines and America share an interesting connection
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Believe it or not, the US has an imperialist past. Not in the sense that it was colonized by Britain and other European powers, but in the sense that it colonized other nations.
We’ve been flying for over a hundred years
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Just thinking about the planes and their comfort (or the lack of it) in the early years gives me goosebumps.
Writing code for humans, not aliens
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Writing code optimized for humans may come at the cost of performance, but wisdom has it that maintainable code turns out much more robust than convoluted or stylish code that only a few can understand.
Are you challenging your reports to do their best?
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The one leadership advice that stuck out in this episode, amid the boastfest, was the idea how a good leader enjoys bringing out the best in others and how that mission can be the biggest motivation to carry on with the difficult job of being a leader.
Hottest place on earth isn’t in India?
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Surprisingly, it’s not. I read this Vox article in the morning and discovered that the hottest place on earth is in – you guessed it – the US. Okay, you didn’t see that coming. I didn’t too. Death Valley holds the record for the highest temperature ever recorded. With how temperatures have been in the […]
India Women’s Cricket Team
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Some newspapers have dropped “women’s” from the team’s name while reporting news about them. The Morning Standard does that persistently. It has become very difficult to tell whether the team that’s being talked about–is it men’s or women’s. That, I think, is a good thing. It’s the real victory of journalism. We have finally accepted […]