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Should I Quit My Job? Questions to Ask Before You Resign
Should I quit my job? The question feels like a verdict. It is really a design problem, and better questions lead to better exits, or better reasons to stay.
Gizem Şahan
Oct 126 min read


Overthinking Decisions? Why Smart People Get Stuck and How to Move
Overthinking is not a thinking problem. It is a stopping problem. Why bright minds get stuck in analysis paralysis, and a few small experiments to help you move.
Gizem Şahan
Oct 126 min read


Expat Career Change: How to Rebuild Your Career in a New Country
Moving abroad quietly deletes half of your professional reputation. Here is how to rebuild a career in a new country by testing who you are becoming, not defending who you were.
Gizem Şahan
Oct 127 min read


How to Make a Big Career Decision (When Every Option Looks Reasonable)
When every option looks reasonable, more analysis rarely helps. Here is what philosophy and behavioral science say about hard career decisions, and how to actually make one.
Gizem Şahan
Oct 127 min read


Leaving Corporate: 10 Things My First Year on My Own Taught Me
Ten things I learned in the year I left corporate life and started building my own way. A personal balance sheet for anyone thinking about resigning.
Gizem Şahan
Oct 128 min read


Polymath or Just Scattered? The Difference That Matters
Are you scattered, or does your mind just work in connections? On the difference between restlessness and polymath thinking, and why it matters more than ever in the age of AI.
Gizem Şahan
Oct 1215 min read


Thinking About Moving Abroad? Questions to Ask Before You Decide
Want to live and work abroad? Before you pack, here are the questions to ask yourself and a step-by-step look at what the move really takes.
Gizem Şahan
Oct 1211 min read


We're Not as Rational as We Think: Cognitive Biases That Run Our Decisions
We think we see the world as it is. We don't. A guide to the 21 most common cognitive biases and psychological traps quietly steering our decisions.
Gizem Şahan
Oct 125 min read


Why Smart People Make Bad Decisions
Why do smart people make mistakes they can see coming? An essay on pattern-seeking brains, the errors they produce, and why intelligence does not guarantee good decisions.
Gizem Şahan
Oct 126 min read


Why Smart People Stay in the Wrong Life
The problem is not intelligence. It is the old decisions that intelligence keeps defending.
Gizem Şahan
Oct 124 min read
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