Some characteristics that are good to have in a weekly review. Some examples. Quite practical.

Some taxonomic arguments. Aesthetics, sensory perception, and regulatory systems. Very abstract at first, some interesting and possibly profitable ways to think about the world.

Damasio's Somatic Markers Hypothesis — and some speculations on practical implications.

NFA: Not screwing around... turns out, you can learn a lot about reality from anything. Everything happens in time and space, math is unreasonably effective at modeling the world, and lessons for learning and performance can come from a lot of different domains.

Staying power — enduring — is valuable. It's often necessary to accomplish big things. Now... should you consider all the downsides and odds and risk factors or should you absolutely insist no matter and refuse to consider quitting? Looking at points from Richard Machowicz and Ray Dalio to illustrate two schools of thought towards staying power.

Want better communications? Simple but effective — Every meeting has an agenda. All agendas in one place. Everyone can see all agendas and notes. It works great.

This one is difficult to summarize.

Two points that seem to fight against each other: noticing and giving incrementally more effort to physical and mental tasks, while keeping it all very sustainable.

From perhaps the greatest nonfiction adventure story of all time — Xenophon's Anabasis — an incredible moment of standing up when one is not-quite-ready.

When someone tells you, "Tom is really good at tennis" — does that mean he's the best player in your social circle or that he could hold his own against Federer and Nadal? There's two very different scales for "very good" — making the distinction is very helpful.