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2022-08-28 20:33:00 Open / Comment

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2022-08-28 07:34:00 Issue #410 | Paul Graham on the Lies We Tell Kids

In yesterday’s issue of One Daily Nugget, we broached the topic of parenting. Let’s build on that today with a provocative essay by Paul Graham on the lies we tell kids.

This topic is important in two ways: First, if we conspire to lie to kids, we should at least be mindful of the reasons. While some of our lies may genuinely have our kids’ well-being at heart, we might, upon closer inspection, realize that others are rather self-serving.

Second, by identifying the lies we tell kids, we might be able to clear our heads of the lies we’ve been told ourselves. (Better late than never.)

Read on to learn more!

Lies We Tell Kids

Paul Graham Essays • 21-minute read Open / Comment

2022-08-27 21:27:01 “Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often, we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow their own plants.” – John Gardner

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2022-08-27 07:36:00 Issue #409 | Are Today’s Parents Overprotective of Their Children?

“Over the last 50 years,” Brett and Kate McKay from The Art of Manliness write in today’s nugget, “the radius of children’s ‘independent mobility’ has shrunk by as much as 90%.”

This is but one reflection of the more protective style parents have been adopting in recent years. What’s behind this shift? And are modern parents perhaps overdoing it a bit?

Read on to learn more!

The Origins of Overprotective Parenting

The Art of Manliness • 21-minute read Open / Comment

2022-08-26 21:26:01 “If you hire people just because they can do a job, they’ll work for your money. But if you hire people who believe what you believe, they’ll work for you with blood and sweat and tears.” – Simon Sinek

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2022-08-26 07:35:17 Issue #408 | Why and How to Have Deeper Conversations With Strangers

When talking to strangers, do you typically default to superficial small talk? In today’s nugget, Summer Allen, writing for Greater Good, points to recent studies suggesting that we tend to underestimate the level of interest by strangers in more personal revelations. What’s more, research suggests that we benefit emotionally from the deeper connections that we are bound to make when we open ourselves up a bit more.

Read on and try it out next time you find yourself chatting up your seatmate on a bus or plane!

We Want to Have Deeper Conversations With Strangers. Why Don’t We?

Greater Good • 5-minute read Open / Comment

2022-08-25 21:25:19 “A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.” – Winston S. Churchill

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2022-08-25 07:35:17 Issue #407 | How to Find Time for Learning

As a Nuggeteer, you presumably like to acquire new knowledge and skills. But you’re probably also very busy. How do you manage to squeeze learning into a tight schedule?

In today’s nugget, Scott Young shares four practical tips for doing so: Focus on one project. Eliminate friction. Integrate learning with your life. And remove time-wasting temptations.

Read on to learn more!

The Key to Find Time for Learning

Scott H. Young • 4-minute read Open / Comment

2022-08-24 21:24:01 “Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

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