It’s easy to encounter an interesting idea, and really want to act on it, but to never get around it, while feeling a latent sense of guilt. This post is about my tools to translate that guilt into action , and overcome procrastination| Neel Nanda
The first step is often the hardest step. It’s easy to procrastinate, to get stuck, to feel overwhelmed, and to do nothing while feeling constant guilt. This post is about my toolkit for getting past this| Neel Nanda
A concrete, actionable approach to being more empathetic and better at communicating| Neel Nanda
Why optimisation is the correct action by definition, and responses to common objections and mistakes| Neel Nanda
A common trap, especially for quantitatively minded people, is to ignore your emotions and intuitions as “irrational”. I outline why I think this is a clear error, and how I try to balance between listening to my emotions and not letting them hold me back| Neel Nanda
The default state of the world is that things are inefficient, that 20% of the effort put in results in 80% of the output. This is a fundamental part of how I see the world, and this post outlines how I have internalised this idea, and how to pursue the clever hacks that can make things better| Neel Nanda
I’m currently in the middle of a virtual conference , so one thing heavily on my mind is how to get the most out of talking to people who know more than me. How to get as much information as I can, how to get it efficiently, and how to ensure I actually understand it and retain it! I think this is| Neel Nanda
Why and how you should optimise for being a nicer person| Neel Nanda
The Skill of Noticing Emotions (Thanks to Eli Tyre and Luke Raskopf for helping teach me the technique. And thanks to Nora Ammann, Fin Moorhouse, Ben…| www.lesswrong.com
Outlining a common failure mode, where people focus on investing effort, rather than achieving results| Neel Nanda