Counterargument: Being responsible and responsive to people in your life means dealing with people. Kids are distracting. Life is distracting. Don’t feel bad for fostering relationships and having porous boundaries.

My co-author Chip Heath is not on Twitter… or any social media. Or the internet. (He’s a boomer with a Stanford pension and millions in the bank who charges $$$$.) If you want to learn how to Make Your Numbers Count, work with me: kstarr.com/prospective-cl…

“Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.” - Mr. Rogers

experience and competence are not the same thing, and it’s wild how much many industries value the first over the second.

#4 - Learn how to make numbers memorable with Karla Starr and Phill Agnew on the Nudge. Click here to tune in: thepodup.com/episodes/how-t…

D.C. job posting of the day.

Some of what's happening with #PrinceHarry's confessions, and their reception, might be understood via differences between British and American approaches to #psychotherapy and how they have shaped, and been shaped by, often very different cultures. youtu.be/_pVwBVAe9Gg

Thanks, psychology. Also: water is wet. Working fewer hours is associated with higher life satisfaction, according to new research psypost.org/2023/01/workin…

‘I was alone. Abandoned. With only a hundred million in the bank’ – Spare, digested by John Crace - The Guardian apple.news/AlXpIzSqOS2SEn…

I wish I could retweet this a million times

When in doubt: give your brain a break. How to Tell If Your Brain Needs a Break nytimes.com/2023/02/03/wel…

You will not find a better definition of ‘focus’ than the one provided by Jony Ive x.com/ricburton/stat…

Kathy Burke continues to be 10/10, with no notes. Be 👏 woke 👏.

Want to learn how to communicate about your data? I give workshops on writing and explaining numbers: kstarr.com

⁦Adam Alter⁩