Adam Zak
@adamzak
Adam Zak
It would be easy for me to say to myself: “I should care more about business opportunities. I should double down on my StrategyU business.” or “I should push harder with promoting my book, I should do whatever possible to land on the top podcasts.”
But when I look at how I spend my time, I don’t want either of those things. Instead, I’m spending... See more
But when I look at how I spend my time, I don’t want either of those things. Instead, I’m spending... See more
Paul Millerd • You Want What You Actually Do | #296
The first step towards being “high agency” is always the same. You cannot take effective action towards bending the world to your desire until you know, in detail, what it is that you desire.
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The prestige ladder you’re climbing might be well-constructed, widely respected, and extremely tall. But if it’s leaning against someone else’s wall, if it’s taking you toward someone else’s definition of success, it’s still the wrong ladder. Don’t optimize for someone else’s view of the summit.
One of the most intelligent case studies in design is the Chinese tea cup. They’re made without handles simply because if it’s too hot to touch, it’s too hot to drink.
Humans naturally want to add more. Add a cardboard sleeve, add a warning on the outside of the cup, add a handle. The result of all these things never cools down the actual contents.
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youtu.be“Strategy is accepting that you are doing something better than the other and the other is doing something better than you. You have to pick your fight.”
- Axel Dumas, CEO of Hermes
Being Fully and Truly Alive in Life
But survival is not thriving.
imo, “knowing what you want, at which level of abstraction” is an underrated skill
I often see “I want to found a company” or “I want to write” etc
but the underlying thing is some other desire B that could have been met more directly. feeling valued, friends, ecstasy, etc
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