Focus

Something super impressive I got shown today, how you can increase reading speed by playing on font weight:

“Diversification is a protection against ignorance. It makes very little sense for those who know what they are doing.” -Warren Buffet

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

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At the core, strategy is about focus, and most complex organizations don’t focus their resources. Instead, they pursue multiple goals at once, not concentrating enough resources to achieve a breakthrough in any of them.

the addictive & isolating cycle of deep work: https://t.co/LcWQ9tE08C

All of my startup experience summed up: The right person with the precise right focus and completely unshackled is 10x as effective as 10 pretty smart people working hard in a vague general direction