Focus

Operating well – what I learned at Stripe

Anyone can say no to crappy opportunities. Only a master will say no to good opportunities. If you don’t say no to good opportunities, you’ll never have the time to pursue great opportunities.

Saying no is hard. Nobody knew that better than Steve Jobs, who said:

People think focus means saying yes to the thing you’ve got to focus on. But that’s not

fs.blog • The Focus to Say No

Luc Cheung

I have a suspicion that most adults (75%+) could pick any skill—excluding sports—and work their way into the top 10% in the world simply by working exclusively on it every day for two years. But almost nobody displays that degree of focus, so we will never know.

James Clear twitter.com

sari

as Jeff always noted, you can make micro-adjustments in the long run to tweak the profit leaks. For some really large, heavy items, you can tack on shipping surcharges or just remove them from qualifying for Prime. These days, some items in Amazon are marked as "Add-on items" and you can only order them in conjunction with enough other items such... See more

Remains of the Day • Invisible asymptotes

Luc Cheung

I fixed my phone addiction by having 2 phones: 1. Cocaine Phone - Full stack dopamine. Twitter. Instagram. TikTok. WhatsApp. Anyone can contact. 2. Kale Phone - Full stack serotonin. Notes. Kindle. Uber. Maps. Emergency number for 2-3 contacts. Lemme explain...

George Mack

twitter.com

David Sherry

Cultivating Depth and Stillness in Research

Andy, Matuschak andymatuschak.org

sari

How Much is Enough?

Albert Wenger continuations.com

kev

My note to self from reading the book: “THINGS LOOK GOOD AT THE END OF THE JOURNEY, NOT DURING.” Tesla and SpaceX were not built. They were willed into existence, against all odds.

SpaceX failed to launch many times, and was ridiculed by many people. After their third (or fourth) failed launch, Elon sends an email to his team: “ SpaceX is in this... See more

sari azout • Taste, Conviction, Elon Musk

Luc Cheung

Master - The Silent Company

silentcompany.com

aalex

interesting company creating the retreats of the future