Being close to the source of truth (manufacturing, distribution, capital, attention)
I don’t understand how anyone can say they’re anti something that’s potentially creative. If it’s not working for you today it could work for you a year from now. Soon conversations like that won’t even matter. It’s like discussing the Internet. It already is.
Reading shouldn’t be a goal —instead it ought to be cultivated as a habit .
It should be a relaxing and enjoyable habit, something you look forward to each day. That’s why setting too many reading goals will be counterproductive. It will put pressure on you, and that’s the opposite of relaxation.
Spend only after you have assessed the above two things in your life. For me, I’ve made a huge impact in my appearance and my spending by cutting routines to core products and only replacing things that work for me. I no longer purchase trends, ‘steps’ in a routine I don’t maintain, or brand upgrades that are superficial.
One of the easiest ways to engineer luck is to look good. Well defined, well dressed, well groomed. Doesn't matter where you're going, who you're seeing, or if you're even seeing anyone at all
Maintain a certain standard of physical excellence at all times. Spend time on it. Spend money on it. Not sponsored by a... See more
This diagram got me much closer to real life:
The universe has a tax on deliberation.
Rationality collapses into "just do things" quickly.
In a live environment, thinking is not free; every extra second spent optimizing carries opportunity cost, the cost of delay. So while additional... See more
“ There’s two different types of confidence. One that is based on the belief that you’re gonna be successful. You’re as much as you need to to do what you have to do. Well there’s another confidence that is the lack of fear of failure. A surrender . It’s the first time I made an album from this place of this is what I need to say .” - Rosalía
Adult life, I’ve decided, is about cohesion. Which is to say it’s about conflict, trade-offs. The ability to acknowledge parts of your psyche you aren’t proud of. The idea that sometimes in life you have to make a choice, and the choice is not only not a perfect choice, but often not even a particularly moral choice: that you can argue for it or... See more