aphorisms.

it's actually really hard to know what you want. often people confuse what they want with what they want to want, with what other people want.

elaine x.com

Most of the culture wars are a struggle between what’s best for the children and what’s best for the childless.

Naval x.com

If you're smart, wealth can buy you the lightness of absence of schedule & the ability to modulate your day to surprises as they come. If you're stupid (like most rich pple), wealth buys you the prison of a rigid schedule, metastatic obligations, & self-feeding complications.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb x.com

The measure of a man is the calmness in his eyes when everything around him and everything inside of him is broken.

Andrew Tate x.com

the problem with “i am X” is “i am”.

The bias is to underestimate the true costs of winning and to overestimate the benefits of the outcome. Most "victories" are Pyrrhic. - Nassim Taleb

Anything artificially obtained via skillful, vigilant, and relentless lobbying eventually falls apart, ending up worse than it started. - Nassim Taleb

thinking, my labour; writing, my portal; leading, my reward.

Multitasking, in short, is not only not thinking, it impairs your ability to think.

William Deresiewicz • Solitude and Leadership