Following are my Deep Questions podcast notes. This podcast has made Cal Newport’s ideas widely accessible. Without having to go through a decade’s worth of archive. Following are my notes. This is the only podcast that I listen to. Cal Newport’s advice for the first job. Recommended reading: Jordan Peterson’s lecture notes. Be dependable. When you say that you will do something, do that thing. Else don’t say it. Maintain quality. And the work you do there should be of the hi

Following are my notes on his 1996 Maps of Meaning lecture. I also have other Jordan Peterson lecture notes. (Work in progress, subscribe to my newsletter to get notified.) Maps of Meaning 01 (Harvard Lectures) Maps of Meaning 02 (Harvard Lectures) Maps of Meaning 03 (Harvard Lectures) Maps of Meaning 04 (Harvard Lectures) Maps of Meaning 5 (Harvard Lectures) [Edited] Maps of Meaning 06 (Harvard Lectures) Maps of Meaning 07 (Harvard Lectures) Maps of Meaning 08 (Harvard Lectu

Following are links to an index of his courses. That leads to individual notes lecture-wise. Jordan Peterson's 2017 Personality Lecture notes. Jordan Peterson's 1996 Maps of Meaning (Harvard University) notes. Non-lectures/course notes. Jordan Peterson: Learn to speak, read, and write. Jordan Peterson: Be specific in your Speech | 12 Rules For Life

Fundamentally, confidence is your capacity to repeat past success. That's it. To become special, you increase your capacity. The thought that you are putting work into yourself to make yourself more capable has a physical foreshadowing effect that you will eventually become special. Hence you start to experience positive emotions about yourself. You become more confident.