Good questions
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instead of asking:
how can i be more like them?
ask:
how can i be more like me?
how many versions of me do i occupy? where do they live? how do they grow? what will they bloom into? what rituals do they practice? how do they... See more
So what’s most important right now? What are you working on first?
Nir Eyal • Being a Quitter Makes You a Good Entrepreneur
How can we position ourselves to create the best opportunities?
Lali Dangazele • Five Lessons on How to Thrive in a New Environment with Gary Stewart (FounderTribes)
Do I need to spend more time searching for better information or do I need to spend more time acting on the information I already have? Is the bottleneck strategy or execution?
3-2-1: Two ways to develop great ideas, a rule for life, and contentment
if you could take a year off to work on something that probably wouldn't be important but would be really interesting, what would it be?
Paul Graham • The Bus Ticket Theory of Genius
we often just use the data people put in front of us. I would argue we don’t do a good job of saying, ‘Is this the data that we want to make the decision we need to make?’”
(Journalist) David Epstein • Range: How Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
- Does this feel like something I’m uniquely capable of?
- Is this how I want to spend my time and energy?*
- What is the right shape/size for this project?
- What stresses does this add to my life?
- How should this feel if it’s going well?