Practical Tips for Life & Business - by Ludvig Sunstrom
Roman aqueducts
Accelerating change, progress, and innovation is not the status quo.
The Aqueduct and functional sewage systems existed during the Roman Empire (300 BC – 300 AD). And then, when the Roman Empire fell, so did this innovation. The idea of digging tunnels below ground to transport water and waste out of the city was effectively eradicated from popular culture.Continue Reading…
Hi there –
I hope you’ve had a fruitful year.
I thought I’d give a brief summary of 2018 and share some lessons. (Like I did in 2016)
The year went ahead different than I had expected. It’s been eventful and I learned a tremendous deal (if you’ve followed Future Skills, you’ll have picked up on some of it).
I made many mistakes, butContinue Reading…
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I’ve been fortunate to meet and talk to many interesting people.
In a recent Q&A, a listener asked me & Mikael what we had learned from our podcasts, and how making them had impacted our lives.
For me, the most important thing has been (and remains) meeting and talking to interesting individuals; learning from masters.
Learning partly from osmosis, partly from research. But mostly from reading between the lines and reflecting on my own.
This article sums up the best advice from Future Skills Podcast yet.Continue Reading…
I count the fact that we’re evolutionary mismatched to much of the modern world as one of the most important mind-shifts I’ve had.
One of the biggest evolutionary mismatches is the capitalist system.
We all know that Marxism, Communism, Leftism don’t work. If they did, they would have prosperous companies and happy people. It doesn’t take a genius to understand that if you rob people ofContinue Reading…
I just finished Martin Berkhan’s book The Leangains Method.
It’s a great concept. It’s simple and it works.
I’ve done it for 6 years.
if I were to follow a template for fitness, it would be based on this book.
What I do different has to do withContinue Reading…
Building a commonplace is one of the most useful things I’ve done in the past 5 years.
It took a while until I had a structure that was easy to use in all areas of my life, but ever since, it’s been very convenient. Because I can use it for all my work projects, studies, writing, and podcasts.
In this article I will show you how I do that.
And, how you can do the same.Continue Reading…
I have now completed the Updated and (Final) version of The Ultimate Commonplace System.
It includes 6 Parts and 6 Bonuses.Continue Reading…
Have you ever wondered if you can trust your gut feeling?
I have, many times.
So many times I wrote a book about it.
I recently talked to Poker Pro Annie Duke about this on Future Skills.
Interestingly, she seems to have a view on this that’s similar to mine.
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Insightful comment
Matt