Brian Lui's blog

How chaos can lead to good outcomes instead of creating problems.

Spaced repetition is the most effective way to memorize things.

Learn how to become the top 1% in any field, starting as a complete beginner, in less than a year.

Master the skill of entering flow state on demand by understanding how your subconscious mind really works.

Ever wondered if you could change what you like and dislike more quickly?

Telling people to work harder is not helpful.

Doing unimportant things makes you lucky.

Why some people and some organizations never get lucky.

Tight feedback loops are seductive because they give us the feeling of rapid improvement.

Building good communities is hard.

Creating value can harm you.

I visited San Francisco and met many people from a variety of tech and tech-adjacent areas.

Preference changing takes the skill of habit formation to the next level.

Housing supply is a problem in cities all over the world.

Francis Fukuyama wrote some great books.

Inversion asks, “what if something was the opposite?”

By overcoming our fears, we can comfortably adopt a “Yes, And” mindset when appropriate.

Understand how other people feel and think.