

How to live an experimental life
24 snips Aug 12, 2025
May Samali, an executive coach and founder of the Human Leadership Lab, explores the concept of living an experimental life. She encourages adopting a scientific mindset to improve decision-making in aspects like career, health, and relationships. Samali shares a five-step framework for personal experimentation, emphasizing self-experimentation and biohacking for health improvement. She also discusses the modern dating landscape, advocating for intentional experimentation to assess compatibility and align choices with personal values for a more fulfilling life.
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Life As Iterative Experimentation
- Ralph Waldo Emerson said life is an experiment and the more experiments you make, the better.
- Embrace curiosity and small tests to discover what works for you.
Test-Drive Cities Before Moving
- Amandine lived for months in four candidate cities and evaluated each against a checklist of needs.
- After testing Dubai, Nairobi, Cape Town and Lisbon she chose Nairobi and reported greater happiness.
Action Beats Overthinking
- Analysis paralysis traps us with options and fear of wrong choices.
- Action generates data, and data points the way forward far better than rumination.