https://brianlui.dog/ Essays by Brian Lui about habits, decision-making, learning, communities, and life. en Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 1440 https://brianlui.dog/disciplinedchaos.html https://brianlui.dog/disciplinedchaos.html Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 How chaos can lead to good outcomes instead of creating problems. https://brianlui.dog/spacedrepetition.html https://brianlui.dog/spacedrepetition.html Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Spaced repetition is the most effective way to memorize things. https://brianlui.dog/learningnewfields.html https://brianlui.dog/learningnewfields.html Wed, 24 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Learn how to become the top 1% in any field, starting as a complete beginner, in less than a year. https://brianlui.dog/flowstateondemand.html https://brianlui.dog/flowstateondemand.html Sat, 29 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Master the skill of entering flow state on demand by understanding how your subconscious mind really works. https://brianlui.dog/instantpreferencechanging.html https://brianlui.dog/instantpreferencechanging.html Thu, 13 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Ever wondered if you could change what you like and dislike more quickly? Now you can learn how. https://brianlui.dog/lazy.html https://brianlui.dog/lazy.html Tue, 19 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000 Telling people to work harder is not helpful. https://brianlui.dog/importance.html https://brianlui.dog/importance.html Wed, 18 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000 Doing unimportant things makes you lucky. https://brianlui.dog/upsidedecay.html https://brianlui.dog/upsidedecay.html Tue, 06 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Why some people and some organizations never get lucky. https://brianlui.dog/tightfeedbackloops.html https://brianlui.dog/tightfeedbackloops.html Sun, 10 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000 Tight feedback loops are seductive because they give us the feeling of rapid improvement. But here's the problem with them. https://brianlui.dog/communitybuilding.html https://brianlui.dog/communitybuilding.html Tue, 29 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000 Building good communities is hard. Counter-intuitively, a hostile environment can create more positive communities. https://brianlui.dog/harmfulprogress.html https://brianlui.dog/harmfulprogress.html Tue, 18 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000 Creating value can harm you. https://brianlui.dog/thoughtsfromthebay.html https://brianlui.dog/thoughtsfromthebay.html Thu, 27 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0000 I visited San Francisco and met many people from a variety of tech and tech-adjacent areas. I also walked around the city and travelled to nearby Bay Area locations. I came away with several findings. https://brianlui.dog/preferencechanging.html https://brianlui.dog/preferencechanging.html Tue, 13 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +0000 Preference changing takes the skill of habit formation to the next level. https://brianlui.dog/housingshortages.html https://brianlui.dog/housingshortages.html Wed, 01 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000 Housing supply is a problem in cities all over the world. https://brianlui.dog/journeytothewest.html https://brianlui.dog/journeytothewest.html Wed, 20 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000 Francis Fukuyama wrote some great books. https://brianlui.dog/dimensionaldecoupling.html https://brianlui.dog/dimensionaldecoupling.html Sat, 19 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000 Inversion asks, “what if something was the opposite?” Dimensional decoupling asks, “what if something wasn’t an opposite?” https://brianlui.dog/improvisation.html https://brianlui.dog/improvisation.html Sat, 05 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000 By overcoming our fears, we can comfortably adopt a “Yes, And” mindset when appropriate. https://brianlui.dog/improveourunderstanding.html https://brianlui.dog/improveourunderstanding.html Thu, 19 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000 Understand how other people feel and think.