Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
What we can all learn about the journey from sporting arena to workplace — and how Aristotle can guide our thinking.
Professional sport is a hotbed of “performance anxiety” — and to start managing pressure in all settings, we need to properly define it.
The legendary investor explains the transformative Objectives and Key Results goal-setting framework with an imaginary Super Bowl strategy.
Former sports agent Molly Fletcher translates the discipline of great athletes into a framework for achievement in any field.
Tennis pro Mardy Fish and Spanx founder Sara Blakely both turned failure into their greatest asset.
The story of how the world high jump record was smashed in 1968 contains golden lessons for business and innovation.
How choosing Stoic acceptance — not dour resignation — galvanized great leaders from Thomas Edison to Phil Jackson and Tony Hawk.
When Star Trek’s Captain Picard and The Office’s Dwight Schrute channel philosopher Karl Jaspers, we can all benefit.
Radically improve your work-life speaking and presentation skills with a technique used by musicians and brand-name politicians.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
You’re a moody person. You have to be — because understanding moods philosophically can be crucial to your work-life.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
We have it in our power to forgive a debt — and learning to use this power in the workplace can be golden.
“Self-awareness, it’s the least visible part of emotional intelligence, but we find in our research that people low in self-awareness are unable to develop strengths very well in other parts of emotional intelligence.”
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Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
This supremely simple hack can help you establish good habits, break bad ones, and guard against failure.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
The truly talented are those who got to where they are despite preconceived expectations.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Do you always act professionally in the workplace? Depends what you mean by “professional.”
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Don’t make the mistake of blindly following quantitative metrics — whether you’re helping clients or looking for lunch.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
“When we face a problem, our natural tendency is to race ahead – but some friction is actually a good thing.”
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If you’re out on a walk, you will see a different world than your dog, a bee, or an ant. Here are three reasons why that matters.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
“I’m often asked: “Are great strategic thinkers born, or are they made?” And my answer is always yes. Like so many human capabilities, it’s a mixture of nature, nurture and experience.”
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It’s hard to know what other people know. But it’s not impossible.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.