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December 2015

Belichick’s Critics’ Flawed Thinking

After the loss to the Jets on Sunday, pundits were quick to criticise Bill Belichick, after the Pats coach elected to kick off at the start of overtime.

On NFL.com’s flagship podcast, “Around the NFL“, Gregg Rosenthal said, “It’s crazy to risk the chance of Tom Brady not seeing the field”.

ESPN’s Rich Cimini called the decision “a gift” to the Jets.

In this post, I’m going to argue two things:

#1: Rosenthal, Cimini and all the others are using faulty thinking.

and

#2: Belichick probably (more…)

By Steve Gibson, ago

Tim Ferriss interviews Derek Sivers

Tim’s latest (at time of writing, natch!) podcast is an interview with Derek Sivers.

If you haven’t heard of him, join the club. However, Derek is an interesting guy – both in terms of his business ideas and his ideas about how to live live.

As a teaser, here are – in chronological order – 20 things you can learn from this episode:

* 2 unique types of advice Derek gives Tim, when Tim asks for a “sanity check”.

* If you’re early in your career, follow this advice to maximise opportunities.

* A 4-word sentence that dissolves stage fright. (more…)

By Steve Gibson, ago