Balancing Satisfaction, Patience, and Ambition

By Ben Latz in Ideas on

Ambition looks like the opposite of satisfaction on first glance. We're supposed to be happy with what we have right now. And we know that we'll return to a satisfaction baseline upon gaining new achievements or things. So isn't ambition — the desire for more than I have now — a fool's…

Making Decisions

By Ben Latz in Ideas on

Most decisions are reversibleYet we agonize over them for hours, days, weeks(?!). Researching pros and cons, asking others, aggregating advice. You could have chosen one, tried it, and then adjusted from there. Often the research behind a decision takes longer than trying one option. Few decisions are irreversible. So when…