FourthEye

Tag: model

  • The Lens of “Optimal”

    Although I spend a lot of time doing it, I’ve spent little time talking explicitly about my focus on optimization. The pursuit of optimization is more or less, the lens through which I see most issues and facets of my life. Whether it’s health, wealth, love and relationships or internal peace and enlightenment, optimization is…

  • Bite-Sized #1 – Performance/Productivity Pyramid Model

    Trying something a little bit different for FourthEye, as an idea I had around how to achieve higher engagement and avoid burning out. My idea was to do little, bite-sized posts where I discuss something like a model or concept that I’m working with, that may not be super polished but just something that people…

  • My Take On Plan B’s

    Something that comes up a tremendous amount, is the topic of what we actually do if “it doesn’t work out.” Being that this question is pretty important for those that try to run their own shows, this has been something that I’ve put a lot of resources into thinking about. In part because at some…

  • On Distancing Self-Evaluation From External Social Reference

    Overlapping somewhat with the theme of the last piece, I’ve decided to talk about why I think using other people as reference material to rank ourselves might be misguided. To start off, I want to get into common scenarios such as privilege assessment as a way of solving for gratitude, or using celebrities, peers or…

  • The Beginning Of The Beginning: An Introduction To & Some Thoughts On Education

    Education is a topic I think about a lot and it’s something that I’ve wanted to publish something on for years. Even though I’ve written on the topic and recorded audio and the like in private, I’ve never really published anything of any significance on the topic. The basic reasons for this are probably that…

  • Some Thoughts On The Case Of “Talent v Hard-Work”

    Both because of a debate that I’ve been watching unfold recently and my long standing interest in this topic, I thought I would offer what is hopefully a bit of a different take on the age-old case of “Talent v Hard-Work.” Before we get to the alternative model definition that I want to share in…

  • On Preferring Gradient Scale Assessment To Hard Description

    First and foremost I apologize for the title, I’m tryin’ here I really am, but I couldn’t think of a cooler, more, “roll off the tongue” nomer for this one, so again sorry about that. In other news you may have noticed that I’m again posting to the blog which would likely not have happened,…

  • A Rough Hierarchy For Ranking Systems

    Initially, I had intended to write a piece generally on the topic of the importance of individualization, but decided that this instead would be much more valuable as it offers a more comprehensive way of appreciating the distinctions between various systems. Individualization is still a very central theme in this piece, however it is now…