Stoicism, a school of thought that flourished in Greek and Roman antiquity. It was one of the loftiest and most sublime philosophies in the record of Western civilization. In urging participation in human affairs, Stoics have always believed that the goal of all inquiry is to provide a mode of co...

• Deadlines should be concrete. You are much more likely to abide by concrete deadlines.
• Deadlines should be realistic. When choosing a deadline for a task, you should pick one that gives you a sufficient amount of time to complete the task.
• Deadlines should be...

• When experts and pundits don't acknowledge that they don't know, it can lead to bad decisions.
• When uncertainty is admitted with a level-two problem, qualified experts' advice can get lost in the noise, or decision-makers might ask the wrong experts.
• When...