How to be Insightful

One of my heuristics for growth is to seek out the magicians, and find the magic. Often without noticing, your progress in aspects of life or all of it unconsciously becomes linear. You made a certain amount of money last year, so you aim to make some ‘reasonable’ proportion more this year. But you are largely using the same tools to get 2x as you ... See more

high-value advice, in general), is about insight .

Insight requires context, nuance, and judgment.

• What are you trying to accomplish?


• What's your timeframe?


• What other constraints should I be aware of?


• Do you have more time to invest than money, or more money to invest than time?


• What do you love?


• What do you hate?


• What will you say you'll do?


• What will y

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Many people who are talented in their various fields have access to insight they can’t share with others. They simply see something we can’t. They try to describe it—picture any Paris Review interview—and often hearing them talk about their process is interesting and informative. But they’re unable to describe the core thing—what gives them the sto... See more