something @daviderady asked me 2 yrs ago that’s resonated since:

“what’s the best possible scenario for you in 6 months time?”

what’s your best case scenario?

what are you doing to make it happen

“It’s hard to do a really good job on anything you don’t think about in the shower.”

-- Paul Graham

Reflecting on my own life experience, I think reducing one's cowardice by half creates far more utility than tripling or quadrupling one's analytical intelligence

The universe is 90% gates that look locked but simply push open

The other 10% are actually locked but, if you ask nice, people will usually just let you in

Truly, it’s insane

People mock the overconfidence of startup founders, but there's a reason for it. Only people who are naturally somewhat overconfident will take on problems that, when viewed rationally, would seem too hard.

"We do these things not because they are easy, but because we thought they were going to be easy" is a surprisingly profound quote. When I ask people who've pulled off remarkable things, it's interesting how many confirm that they wouldn't have started if they'd know how long and difficult the road would be.

I used to take the success of arranged marriages as evidence that (initial) attraction wasn’t required for a good marriage until a friend of mine pointed out that parents typically have a decent read on who their kids are attracted to, which now I feel silly about not having seen

I’d like to imagine a space where time is treated like we are gardens rather than machines - where time is attuned to our individual needs and given consistently, given softly, given with care.