Legos of Knowledge, Changing the Fitness Industry, Connect The Dots, and Naps
Article Round-Up: 4.3.22
Enjoy this week’s list of curated articles, podcasts, and more from the web.
“First Principles: The Building Blocks of True Knowledge”
Takeaway: The key to innovative ideas is to reduce problems down to their most basic components. This helps strain out the chunks—other folks assumptions about the problem—so you end with a nice, smooth raspberry coulis. (And better solutions.)
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“The Future of Fitness: Principle Based Coaching vs Plan Based Coaching”
Takeaway: Principle-based fitness coaching uses practices and strategies informed by first principles—ideas, concepts, and information that we know to be objectively true. Plan-based coaches, such as proponents of Paleo, Keto, or Carnivore, make unverified claims to leap from first principles to their principles.
Here’s why principles beats plans every time.
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“Does It Pay To Be Pragmatic?”
Takeaway: How do you decide what’s worth learning and retaining? Pragmatism says only that which can be directly applied to relevant tasks is worth your time and effort. Is this the best approach to learning?
Here’s an argument in favor of that random Jeopardy knowledge you’ve been harboring.
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“How To Take A Refreshing Nap”
Takeaway: Did you know that napping is a skill? Turns out, you can get better at taking naps to avoid the negative effects like grogginess.
And if anyone asks why you nap so often, tell them it’s “self-development.”