Daniel Vassallo on Applied Antifragility – Visión Periférica Podcast • Podcast Notes

A hunter-gatherer spent most of his day looking for game. Prolonged low-intensity work follow by a burst of intense chasing and hunting. Whereas a farmer puts in continuous work. Ideally, you want a balance of both to accumulate resources and provide protection in case the hunt fails. That said, “We have taken the farming style too far”

Being skilled at something doesn’t necessarily mean you can develop a business around it. Thus, have multiple plans and possibilities, and pursue multiple ones simultaneously, instead of waiting for each one to fail before proceeding

When you pursue a single goal in exclusion of everything else, you become blind to opportunities. This limits your upside potential while positioning you to be harmed by any event

When starting for yourself, it’s necessary to have a network of people willing to support you and do business with you

Do high-intensity work for short periods of time, as opposed to the consistent average 40 hours work week

Keep in mind, the best work is one that flows and comes naturally to you, rather than you fighting against it.

“Life becomes significantly more pleasant if it’s treated as an adventure”

Your brain works best when you are not instructing it on what to do. A lot of creative work is really just sitting around

Balance them with stable revenue projects for income security.

When dealing with uncertainty, build a portfolio of small bets and work on themConvex bets have more upside than downside. You lose small and stand to win big.