Gabriel Perera
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Gabriel Perera
Architect Christopher Alexander on the importance of high standards: "In my life as an architect, I find that the single thing which inhibits young professionals, new students most severely, is their acceptance of standards that are too low. If I ask a student whether her design is as good as Chartres, she often smiles tolerantly at me as if to
... See moreThe smartest way to build match-specific stamina?
Repeated sprint-based training. This type of training improves both:
Anaerobic endurance - so your son or daughter can perform at max effort for longer.
Aerobic endurance - so they recover faster between sprints and late in games.
One of the easiest ways to improve stamina is making small changes to... See more
Repeated sprint-based training. This type of training improves both:
Anaerobic endurance - so your son or daughter can perform at max effort for longer.
Aerobic endurance - so they recover faster between sprints and late in games.
One of the easiest ways to improve stamina is making small changes to... See more
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3 lessons to learn from this:
Content = Leverage: The content I’ve created is still doing work for me months and years after it has been posted. Something I wrote in November 2021 is still creating opportunities like this. That’s leverage!
Creating Expands Luck Surface Area: When you put your ideas out into the world, you increase the odds of getting
"There is always more than one way to do something. Write down as many ways as you can think of to achieve your desired outcome. Then, rank them based on how much time they take, how much money they cost, and how effective you expect them to be. Choose the best."
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“You come to understand that most people are neither for you nor against you, they are thinking about themselves. You learn that no matter how hard you try to please, some people in this world are not going to love you, a lesson that is at first troubling and then really quite relaxing.”
— John W. Gardner
— John W. Gardner