Barun Pandey

If stuck between two potential options, ask: What is the best story?

"Life is a form of self storytelling. We're continually retelling ourselves our life story, but very few people think of themselves as authors of their story, not mere subjects. People with extraordinary high-agency realize this early in life and start maximizing the interestingne... See more

Microsoft, for example, licensed its operating system (OS) to hundreds of computer hardware manufacturers, commoditizing the hardware. Cheaper hardware then meant more demand for computers which meant more demand for OSes.

One of the best ways to offload tedious work is to offload it to oblivion. Just don’t do it. Don’t have an AI agent do it, just don’t do it. See what happens. While some might truly be necessary (oh well), most, almost certainly, isn’t (oh yeah).

Work hard for yourself, for the joy you feel when you’re one step closer to the person you’ve always wanted to be, whether it’s getting in the dirt to make things grow, getting in front of a crowd to speak your truth, or going out to find love behind all those brambles.

Not only did he delegate the project itself, he delegates all the responsibility for the communication, problem solving and changes that might need to be made.

For aspiring writers: Your ultimate goal isn't building a writing habit. It's falling so in love with interesting ideas that you can’t help but tell the world about them. Writing is the medium—not the objective.