By Paula Pant
Alec Litowitz joined a hedge fund with $100 million in assets and six employees.
He had never made a trade in his life.
That fund was Citadel, in its earliest days, and Alec became one of its founding partners alongside Ken Griffin — eventually running its global equities business. He later left to start […]
By Paula Pant
Michael Hingson was on the 78th floor of the World Trade Center’s North Tower when a hijacked plane hit ninety feet above him.
He didn’t see any of it. Michael has been blind since birth.
A few hours earlier, his guide dog Roselle had panicked at an ordinary thunderstorm — pacing, […]
By Paula Pant
Can your beliefs actually change your biology? What if the only thing standing between you and breakthrough results isn’t skill, resources, or luck—but the limiting beliefs you carry about what’s possible?
In this conversation, I talk with Nir Eyal, bestselling author of “Hooked,” “Indistractable,” and his latest book “Beyond Belief: The Science-Backed Way to Stop […]
By Paula Pant
In our 20’s and 30’s, we have high levels of fluid intelligence, or raw intellectual horsepower. We can ace tests, impress people with our memory and recall, and analyze facts, documents and data.
But in our 40’s and 50’s, we have higher levels of crystallized intelligence, which allows us to draw together novel insights from across domains.
Fluid intelligence allows us to analyze, or break apart.
Crystallized intelligence allows us to synthesize, or put together.
Each type of intelligence invites us to express different skills, to pivot our role at work – or perhaps even to change careers or industries altogether.
In today’s episode, Harvard professor Arthur Brooks discusses these two types of intelligence, and outlines how we can gracefully move from one strength to the next.
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