BTL Topic index
A living archive
Learning & Mindset
Learning systems, personal development, psychology, mental models.
The working lens
Look for the system beneath the story.
Ideas earn their place here by being useful after the presentation ends and the real work begins.
01 Follow the consequences
02 Keep people in the system
03 Test it against reality
The working index
Ideas worth carrying into the work.
Start with the lead essay. Then follow whichever question feels most useful now.
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The Science of Happiness: What Actually Works
Open article ↗: The Science of Happiness: What Actually WorksFour brain chemicals drive happiness — dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin, endorphins. Here’s what the 2025 WHO and Stanford research actually says works.
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The Entry-Level Collapse: What Happens When AI Eats Year One
Open article ↗: The Entry-Level Collapse: What Happens When AI Eats Year OneAI is not just cutting entry-level roles. It is cutting the apprenticeship system that produces the seniors you will need in 2030. Four practical moves to protect the…
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AQ Anchors Explained: The People, Places and Routines That Keep You Grounded During Change
Open article ↗: AQ Anchors Explained: The People, Places and Routines That Keep You Grounded During ChangeDiscover AQ anchors from Liz Tran’s Agility Quotient framework. Learn how people, places and routines provide stability during uncertainty and build real resilience.
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There Is No Wrong Turn
Open article ↗: There Is No Wrong TurnYou know that feeling—the nagging sense that you took a wrong turn somewhere? It’s the feeling that your career choice, the relationship you stayed in, or the city…
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Niksen: Why the Dutch Art of Doing Nothing Could Save Your Brain
Open article ↗: Niksen: Why the Dutch Art of Doing Nothing Could Save Your BrainNiksen, a Dutch concept of “doing nothing,” promotes idleness as beneficial for mental health and creativity. Neuroscientific studies show that the brain thrives during rest through its default…
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Why 92% of Goal Setting Fails (And What Neuroscience Says Works Instead)
Open article ↗: Why 92% of Goal Setting Fails (And What Neuroscience Says Works Instead)Goal-setting is broken. Research shows 92% fail. Neuroscientist Anne-Laure Le Cunff reveals why tiny experiments beat big goals every time.
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How to Learn So Fast It’s Almost Unfair: The 3C Protocol
Open article ↗: How to Learn So Fast It’s Almost Unfair: The 3C ProtocolHow to Learn So Fast It’s Almost Unfair: The 3C Protocol In the age of AI, intelligence is a commodity. Any skill advantage you have is temporary. The…
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Harvard just proved AI tutors beat classrooms. Now what?
Open article ↗: Harvard just proved AI tutors beat classrooms. Now what?Walk into any classroom in 2026 and you’ll find something weirdly familiar. Thirty kids. One teacher. Fixed schedule. Standardized tests. The core model hasn’t fundamentally changed since 1926.…
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The Future of Healthcare: How Medicine Will Transform Our Lives by 2075
Open article ↗: The Future of Healthcare: How Medicine Will Transform Our Lives by 2075Imagine a world where cancer is detected years before symptoms appear. Where your doctor is an AI assistant available 24/7. And where aging itself becomes a treatable condition.…
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One Week With the £169 AI Recorder Stuck to My Phone – I’m Never Taking It Off
Open article ↗: One Week With the £169 AI Recorder Stuck to My Phone – I’m Never Taking It OffThe Plaud AI Pro, I’ve been the annoying guy who records every single meeting for years. Phone apps, laptop mics, you name it – I’ve tried them all.…
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