Practical Tips for Life & Business - by Ludvig Sunstrom
Are you more of a specialist or a generalist? Plan your career accordingly.
Let’s assume we have four categories when it comes to monetizable skills and career expertise:
Last year this time I sat down and made a huge document of all possible things I could do. Then I prioritized them.
In the next days I will do the same.
I’m happy to say I’ve over-achieved my goal for 2020. Which makes me thinkContinue Reading…
(Globalization, Pop Culture, Dumbing-Down, Failed School System, and Participatory Democracy)
If porn was allowed on YouTube the next president would be a pornstar.
If the theme song of Homeostasis Dwellers is Girls Just Want to Have Fun, then the theme of Homeostasis Breakers is Push it to the Limit.Continue Reading…
I have written about history on multiple occasions in the past, and now it’s time again.
Studying history is important because it gives you a broad understanding of human nature under different circumstances. And it also allows you to predict with higher certainty when people or countries are succumbing to certain historical patterns. When this happens, there is not much you can do to counteract it — a wiser decision may be to simply extract yourself from the situation and strive to avoid the folly of your peers, statesmen or countrymen.Continue Reading…
“For more than five years I maintained myself thus solely by the labor of my hands, and I found, that by working about six weeks in a year, I could meet all the expenses of living. The whole of my winters, as well as most of my summers, I had free and clear for study.”
~Henry David Thoreau
Thoreau could live on 6 weeks of serious work per year.
Most likely, you cannot.
Because inflation has ruined your purchasing power and the median salary has not risen enough to compensate for this.
Also, taxes have increased. So you have to work a lot more.
To put that in perspective:
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…
[UPDATED: 1/12/2019 – See bottom – 3 more guests]
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…
Should You Be a Generalist or a Specialist? 
The 11 Maxims You Should Live By 
How I got Ripped in 2 Years by Following These 13 Principles 
School is for Fools: 10 Reasons the Education System is a Failure 
Breaking out of Homeostasis: The Lifestyle 
The 2-Day Fast 
Worldly Wisdom from Lee Kuan Yew: 9 Lessons You Can Learn from LKY 
How to Study History (the top 10 tips) 
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