The Importance of Sense Making

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Sally Kohn: When you talk about sense making, what does that mean and what kind of angle are people taking them back? She says one approach is to do the expected value ROI and return investment cost-benefit analysis thinking. "You've got 24 hours in a day, 168 hours in a week, and it just doesn't really allow you to do everything you possibly do in life," she says. So let's talk more about those approaches.

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How can you live your best life? What's a good definition of "wisdom"? What are some possible taxonomies of life outcomes? What are some low-hanging fruit in the realm of self-improvement? What are some useful behavior change frameworks and techniques?

All his life, James Norris has been searching for the best ways to change himself and change the world. He started as an entrepreneur at age 6 and since has co-founded or helped build 9 businesses and 16 organizations, including the premier conference for the effective altruism movement, the world's first global lifehacking event series, Southeast Asia's first social innovation hackathon series, and a university for today's Leonardo da Vincis. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin as a triple major / quadruple minor. Find more about him at jamesnorris.org and upgradable.org.

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