Hasitha Senevirathne
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Hasitha Senevirathne
David Bowie on why you should never play to the gallery
youtu.be“The best thing you can do is to be exceptionally good at something,” Buffett said. “Whatever abilities you have can’t be taken away from you – they can’t actually be inflated away from you.”
“The best investment – by far – is anything that develops yourself,” he said.
The way to wealth is to be exceptionally good at something. If you are the best at... See more
“The best investment – by far – is anything that develops yourself,” he said.
The way to wealth is to be exceptionally good at something. If you are the best at... See more
Five biggest takeaways from Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger’s Berkshire Hathaway annual meet
Yes. I went to a psychiatrist who was asking me about my work habits once, because I was trying to quit smoking, and he asked, “How do you work?” And I was like, “So much coffee, so much nicotene...” and he was asking about other things and he was like, “yeah, you have undiagnosed ADHD.” I said “Really?” and he said “Definitely, you’ve been self... See more
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My Conversation with Naval on Saving Yourself
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1) Exploration phase
you have infinite choice - the exploration range is wide. You should explore widely until you find a fit but all the benifits in life come from compound interest.
Find the work that feels like play to you
Find the person that you can be with being who you are and they are okay with being who they are
Exploitation phase
It’s not the hours like Malcom Gladwell said , it’s the iterations and also not repetition
You can’t teach someone purely on abstract
How to live a miserable life in 5 easy steps:
1. Don’t decide. Spend tons of time planning and thinking, very little doing.
2. Don't set goals. And certainly don't track progress (or lack thereof).
3. Switch from thing to thing every quarter or year. Mastery and compounding is for suckers. Starting from scratch will be easier.
1. Don’t decide. Spend tons of time planning and thinking, very little doing.
2. Don't set goals. And certainly don't track progress (or lack thereof).
3. Switch from thing to thing every quarter or year. Mastery and compounding is for suckers. Starting from scratch will be easier.
Sam Parr • Tweet
Yes. I have a young friend who dreams of becoming a novelist, but who never seems to be able to complete his work. According to him, his job keeps him too busy, and he can never find enough time to write novels, and that’s why he can’t complete work and enter it for writing awards. But is that the real reason? No! It’s actually that he wants to
... See moreFumitake Koga • The Courage To Be Disliked: How to free yourself, change your life and achieve real happiness
From what I have observed, the truth of the matter is: People who work very hard and apply themselves and don’t give up and take responsibility for the outcomes on a long enough time scale, end up succeeding in whatever they’re focused on. And every success case knows this.
Richard Feynman used to say that he wasn’t a genius. He was just a boy who... See more
Richard Feynman used to say that he wasn’t a genius. He was just a boy who... See more
It Is Impossible to Fool Mother Nature
The Comparison Effect: “being in an objectively good situation might feel really crappy if you compare yourself to somebody else that has a slightly better objectively good situation.” So try to not do that. Try to not evaluate things relatively. Instead, try to evaluate them objectively.