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The question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who’s going to stop me.
-Ayn Rand
Who’s going to stop me? Me
from Brain Food #629
Being wrong isn’t something to fear but rather something to expect.
-Shane Parrish
from Brain Food #629
Bounce, don’t break: resilience isn’t about avoiding knockdowns; it’s about how you use them as launching pads.
-Shane Parrish
... See moreMost people see circumstances as fixed; high-agency people see them as variables. When Depression-era customers couldn’t afford shotguns, Rose didn’t complain about the economy; she created a rental program overnight. The line stretched around the block the next morning. High agency isn’t magical thinking; it’s the refusal to accept artificial cons
From lessons learned about Rose Blumkin; my bold
What separates exceptional people is their capacity to endure discomfort.
-Shane Parrish
But we inevitably end up valuing what we measure.
Sari Azout • Becoming unLLMable
YES - avoid the latter
Just because you have doubters—and they will always appear—does not mean you should doubt yourself
Adapted from Tim Ferriss podcast episode with Bob Iger
We’re always talking about doing the thing…
…or thinking about doing the thing…
…but hardly ever doing the thing.
Do the thing.
Adapted from The Knowledge Project podcast, episode #220 regarding James Dyson