How do you evaluate if a career activity is worth doing? By looking at its component tasks, and calculating the information rate of each step.| Commoncog
There has been an uptick in self-help books and blogs about mental models. But, there's a problem when putting it in practice.| Commoncog
Have you ever tried putting deliberate practice to practice? If you have, it's likely that you'll have noticed just how difficult it is to apply deliberate practice principles to your career. Anyone that tells you otherwise is lying; here's why.| Commoncog
A book summary of a 2016 book called Peak which summarised three decades of research into the nature and development of expertise.| Commoncog
Instrumental rationality is the sort of thinking that allows you to achieve your goals. We take a closer look at what decision science says is the 'best' way to pursue this purpose.| Commoncog
Why it's useful to study the results of the Good Judgment Project in service of building expertise.| Commoncog