Reminders

The luxury of knowing is rarer than you think, and we probably underestimate just how much that impacts our day to day lives and the lives of those closest to us who aren’t so lucky.

Most problems are solvable. But that doesn’t mean the solution will look like you hope it will; there will be trade offs.

You become what you scroll. Choose accordingly.

Commitment issues aren’t about the options. They’re about the operator.

When you know what you want, most choices eliminate themselves.

Find fulfillment in this chapter, knowing you might need to find it again later. The impermanence creates freedom where permanence creates pressure.

“You can attract luck simply by telling people what you are working on.”

Many frustrations are the result of unspoken expectations. Before you get too annoyed, make sure you are clearly expressing your thoughts.

Maybe most importantly, a Personal Business is properly scaled. It doesn’t have to be small, but it should grow at a pace that optimizes for its own resilience rather than to dominate a market.

At the heart of agency lies a willingness to question defaults. To be agentic, you have to treat “how things are supposed to be done” as just one option among many.