Principles
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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“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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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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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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I am more than happy to watch people get rich in a game I don’t want to play
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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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Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy: Goals set retroactively after an activity, like shooting a blank wall and then drawing a bullseye around the holes you left, or picking a benchmark after you’ve invested
Morgan Housel • 100 Little Ideas
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Vicariously is a terrible way to live
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