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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
we try to measure what we value.
But we inevitably end up valuing what we measure.
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
There are four general categories of things businesses can market/sell:
Stationary structures
Portable goods
Porting goods
Proprietary knowledge
Adapted from The Knowledge Project podcast, episode #222 regarding Cornelius Vanderbilt
Sometimes a single pro can outweigh multiple cons, and vice versa
Adapted from Tim Ferriss podcast episode with Bob Iger
Identify common frustration
Rethink current assumptions
Engineer better solution
Adapted from Shane Parrish podcast episode on James Dyson