David Perell
"The Writing Guy" | Jesus-Follower | I tweet about writing and creativity | My writing school: https://t.co/bzeQ7VVyS0 | My writing: https://t.co/SOE9HtxXdi
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Whenever I set goals, I send them to one of the best entrepreneurs I know. Every time, he tells me they're not ambitious enough. Then we work together to set a bigger vision. Fee...
What's the most well-written book you've ever read?
RenΓ© Girard wrote that our similarities cause more conflict than our differences. How can this be? Let me explain, with a story from "American Psycho." https://t.co/BagpAMOMlo
The thinking mind craves distraction. It skips from idea to idea, and refuses to settle down. Writing is like an anchor. It deepens your thinking by making you stay in one place.
Atheists today champion ideals of human rights, equality, and the protection of victims. They proudly reject religion, but fail to see how they're "Christian" through and through....
Reading the Bible is table stakes if you want to be an educated Westerner. Here's why:
The arc of history is leading to less differentiation. The common core has every public school student in America following the same curriculum. SATs have them studying for the sam...
Why do elite colleges pump students into the same five industries: law, medicine, tech, investing, and management consulting? For answers, letβs turn to the philosopher RenΓ© Girar...
Why do so many people stick with jobs they hate, even after they've made a lot of money?
Feeling like we need to write like novelists is one of the worst practices we pick up in school. Better to write clearly. Be direct. Use simple language. Don't try to include v...
How should we improve education? The answers already exist. We're just not implementing what we've already learned. By changing how we teach, we can build a more intelligent socie...
The Internet is the best thing that ever happened to education. The current system needs to change though. It's boring for students, hard on teachers, and expensive for society....