Brain Food: Simple Truths

There are different types of hard work:

1. Outthinking (a better strategy, a shortcut)

2. Pure Effort (working longer, intensity)

3. Opportunistic (positioning yourself to take advantage of change)

4. Consistency (doing average things for longer)

5. Focus (saying no to distractions)

Each of these requires a different type of hard work.

“Debt defines your future, and when your future is defined, hope begins to die. You have committed your life to making money to pay for your past.”

— Kent Nerburn, Simple Truths: Clear & Gentle Guidance on the Big Issues in Life

Reputation is a form of wealth.

“Trust your obsessions. This is one I learned more or less accidentally. People sometimes ask whether the research or the idea for the story comes first for me. And I tell them, normally the first thing that turns up is the obsession: for example, all of a sudden I notice that I’m reading nothing but English 17th century metaphysical verse. And I k... See more