The Most Powerful Paradoxes of Life

The Productivity Paradox: Work longer, get less done.
The Advice Paradox: Taking more advice can leave you less well-prepared.
The Wisdom Paradox: The more you learn, the less you know.
The Opportunity Paradox: Take on less, accomplish more.
The Boredom Paradox: The most creative, captivating ideas stem directly from periods of intense boredom.
The Social Media Paradox: More connectedness, less connected.
The Failure Paradox: You have to fail more to succeed more.
The Talking Paradox: Talk less, say more.
The Speed Paradox: Strong, reliable brakes allow you to go fast.
The Looking Paradox: Stop looking in order to find what you're looking for.
The Control Paradox: More controlling, less control.
The Persuasion Paradox: Argue less, persuade more.
The Fear Paradox: The thing we fear the most is often the thing we most need to do.
The Shrinking Paradox: Sometimes you need to shrink before you can grow.
The Effort Paradox: You have to put in more effort to make something appear effortless.
The Money Paradox: You have to lose money to make money.
The News Paradox: The more news you consume, the less well-informed you are.
The Intelligence Paradox: Intelligence leads to stupidity.
The Death Paradox: Know your death to truly live your life.
The Growth Paradox: Growth takes a much longer time coming than you think, but then happens much faster than you ever thought possible.