Principles
by Said AlSalah · updated 7d ago
Principles
The worst hand in poker is the second best hand. It gives you all the incentives to bet, but none of the odds are in your favor
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“What If?” is a terrible question to ask about your past, but an amazing question to ask about your future. Ask it often, and don’t be afraid of what you come up with.
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- My information consumption philosophy is simple: (1) It must have a long shelf life. (2) It must have taken considerable effort to create. With these two principles, you can cut out most of the junk from your information diet.
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Do my expectations match my level of effort? Make sure that they do, and if they don’t, adjust one to match the other
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Get very good at being corrected without getting offended
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If you can’t state that the opposing view on an issue as least as well as the people
supporting it, you’re not entitled to your own view
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A great lil story from the book Art & Fear by David Bayles and Ted Orland:
The ceramics teacher announced on opening day that he was dividing the class into two groups. All those on the left side of the studio, he said, would be graded solely on the quantity of work they produced, all those on the right solely on its quality.
His procedure w
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- Fast iteration can make up for a lot; it’s usually ok to be wrong if you iterate quickly. Plans should be measured in decades, execution should be measured in weeks.
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I am more than happy to watch people get rich in a game I don’t want to play
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