What is Cognitive Bias?

Cognitive biases affect us all, every day. They change how we think and how we make decisions, yet most people don’t know they exist. Learn what they are and why they’re important for clear thinking.

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Stop Criticizing Positive Change

Many people want to improve themselves. Our natural tendency when people attempt to make a change is to find the faults, the imperfections. You must fight this habit.

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My First 3 Months at Unito

A few thoughts from my first 3 months working at Unito, a tech startup based in Montreal.

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20 Rules to Make Travel Better (For You and Others)

Traveling can be stressful. After spending a lot of time traveling, here is my list of 20 things you can do to make your life, and the life of those around you, easier.

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You Must Tell Yourself the Truth

Telling yourself the truth may seem trivial in situations like casual golf games. But it may be more important than you think. Learning to see the truth is a fundamental life skill. This post explains why.

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Just-in-Case vs. Just-in-Time Learning

Just-in-case learning is what we’re taught in school. But just-in-case learning is vastly more efficient. Learn when and why you should use each.

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The Growth Process (for Startups)

Expanding upon the growth framework I introduced in the last post, I describe in detail how I think about growth, and the steps I go through when working on growth experiments.

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What is Growth? (And What Does a 'Growth Specialist' Do?)

What is growth? And what does a Growth Specialist do? When I tell people about my work, these are the questions that immediately follow. This post gives an overview of the answers to these questions.

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I Have a New Job at Unito

I just left my position as cofounder at Lean Systems, and started a new role with Unito, a startup based in Montreal doing syncing between collaboration tools. This post explains the rationale for the decision, and why I’m excited about this new opportunity.

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Measurement is Not the Goal (and Sleep Anxiety is Real)

Those of us who like data try to measure everything. But what if that’s counterproductive? Measuring things is not the goal. This post explores when and what we should be measuring, using the example of sleep anxiety.

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