Archive - Adaobi’s Newsletter

How to do things if you're not that smart and don't have any talent

This is a blog post aimed at people who want to do important work or make meaningful contributions to work, but feel they aren’t that smart and don’t…

Jan 28 •

November 2023

Life lessons I have learned over the last three years

Nov 20, 2023 •

August 2023

How to tell when you are bullshitting yourself

This post is mainly about how to spot bullshitting in yourself (based on personal experience). Some of these points may apply to spotting it in others…

Aug 15, 2023 •

June 2023

Here is a list of my regrets. I’ll continue to update them as I continue to go through life: Not following my curiosities because other people weren’t…

Jun 17, 2023 •

January 2023

Questions: How to be a polymath

Questions I have for polymaths

Jan 22, 2023 •

November 2022

Why Jargon is important & other things I am working on

Nov 3, 2022 •

June 2022

Will we always have roads? From horses to cars, it seems as though we have always had some sort of land dedicated to land transportation, otherwise…

Jun 19, 2022 •

May 2022

Kidneys Fundamentals II

This is a continuation of my previous post, Kidney Fundamentals. The purpose of this post is similar to my original post in that: Writing clarifies my…

May 13, 2022 •

April 2022

This is the second post in a series called “Questions” inspired by my first Question post. What should prevention in healthcare look like? There is the…

Apr 24, 2022 •

Kidneys - Fundamentals

For those that don’t know I have still’s disease and end stage kidney failure, requiring a kidney transplant. Given the impact both conditions have on…

Apr 18, 2022 •

Overlooked Problems

These are a list of problems I think don’t get enough attention but are worth solving. Therefore you won’t find major problems like climate change on…

Apr 8, 2022 •

January 2022

Notes On: Power Listening

For a few months in 2020 I became obsessed with becoming a better listener. What led me to this obsession was that I kept on failing to build a great…

Jan 22, 2022 •

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