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Top 10 Ways to Develop Personal Freedom as a Young Adult

1. Scrap the permission-based mindset. Waiting for permission is the fastest way to surrender your personal freedom and autonomy. You don’t need someone to say something is okay. If you know it’s right, based …

Written by Hannah Frankman

Wednesday Wrap-Up: Author Rob Goodman on the Life of Claude Shannon

“[Claude Shannon is] someone who is absolutely essential in everything we take for granted in 20th century to 21st century tech – from the internet to mobile computing to artificial intelligence, he was …

Written by Derek Magill

Pay Your Praxis Tuition in Bitcoin Cash

The Praxis team is excited to announce that by popular request, and in the interest of always providing the best, most convenient payment options available, we can now support tuition payments in Bitcoin Cash …

Written by Ryan Ferguson

Shorting Your Own Stock | Forward Tilt Podcast

To short a stock is to sell it before you own it. You sell it today and agree to deliver in the future because you believe the cost will go down and you will …

Written by Ryan Ferguson

The Problem with Statistics | Forward Tilt Podcast

Statistics can be very illuminating in aggregate, but individuals are not aggregates. Statistics tell a story about what happened in the past for a certain group of people. But, whether it is average college …

Written by Ryan Ferguson

Don’t Forget the Free Meal | Forward Tilt Podcast

When something goes wrong in a customer service situation, some people will seize the opportunity to berate their server or make an employee feel bad. They use the moment to grab a tiny amount …

Written by Caitlyn Scheel

Dropouts and Opt-Outs: Steve Jobs

“After six months, I couldn’t see the value in it. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life and no idea how college was going to help me figure it …

Written by Guest

Dropouts and Opt-Outs: Ralph Lauren

“I never went to fashion school. I didn’t know what a designer was. I knew I had something, but I didn’t know what it was. And it could just have easily been nothing.” Ralph …

Written by James Walpole

What My High School Business Teacher Taught Me About Entrepreneurship (and Business Classes)

There aren’t too many hours spent in class that I wouldn’t take back if I could. But like most people, I have one or two classroom experiences that I look back on fondly. Business …

Written by Cameron Sorsby

Core Elements of the Praxis Education Experience

We have made some exciting changes to the Praxis Education Experience and it’s been even more exciting to see those changes come to fruition since implementing them over the past two months and new …

Written by Guest

The Rise of Machines and the Fate of Humanity

Today’s post was written by current Praxis participant Josh Jaye. Learn more about participants like Josh here. “Americans fear technology in the near future because they see it as a replay of the globalization …

Written by Zachary Slayback

How a Startup Can Change People’s Beliefs

New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio’s proposal to control Uber’s growth this summer was met with fierce opposition from all angles. Tweets, Facebook posts, emails, and even a call to action from Ashton Kutcher …

Written by T.K. Coleman

The Limits of Self-Help, The Power of Systems, & Why We Need Rules to Succeed

One of the commonly cited problems with a great deal of self-help philosophy is the overemphasis on positive thinking, affirmations, visualization techniques, and other motivational tools that produce short-term inspiration but that often fail …

Written by Derek Magill

Things We Do to Our Children: The Economy Podcast

Our founder and CEO Isaac Morehouse joined Albert Lu on The Economy Podcast last week for a discussion of the limits of parental knowledge and the conditions under which children and young learners thrive. …

Written by Zachary Slayback

Productive Contrarianism: How to Create the Next Big Thing

Entrepreneurship and productivity magazines are rife with articles and posts about how you can “launch your company without any seed money!” or “make progress on your venture today!” These articles can be useful for …

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