Imran Yussuff
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Imran Yussuff
Self compassion
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This was an optimistic way of looking at the situation. I told Smith that I couldn’t shake the feeling that technology is rewriting our bodies to correspond to its own interests—rearranging our faces according to whatever increases engagement and likes. “Don’t you think it’s scary to imagine people doing this forever?” I asked.
Well, yeah, it’s obviously terrifying,” he said.
Not addressing insecurity
Addressing insecurity via a temporary measure is unsustainable. Life gets more difficult, and not developing the mental resilience and focus to deal with those feelings. If you do, that will be translatable to others areas of your life
Reinforcing unrealistic beauty standards
Focus and waste of resource on vanity, rather than
Optimizing for the edge
"Too often the need to make money (urgent) wins out over the desire to build something we’re proud of (important). Too often the urge to find a way to lose twenty pounds in six weeks (urgent) wins out over becoming the type of person who doesn't miss workouts (important). Too often the craving to be noticed or appreciated (urgent) wins out over the... See more
JamesClear.com • Are You Living an Urgent Life or an Important Life?
3 Decision-Making Frameworks
So what do you do?
I have a few approaches:
1) "Regret Minimization"
I think there are some rare entrepreneurs like Zuckerberg who can walk away from a billion-dollar offer and keep building.
But for most of us, I pose the question: Say you sold today for $10M, and in 3 years, the company was worth $25M. Would you be super s... See more
So what do you do?
I have a few approaches:
1) "Regret Minimization"
I think there are some rare entrepreneurs like Zuckerberg who can walk away from a billion-dollar offer and keep building.
But for most of us, I pose the question: Say you sold today for $10M, and in 3 years, the company was worth $25M. Would you be super s... See more
Decision making framework for selling a company
“To write a great book, you must first become the book".” - Naval Ravikant
“How did you accomplish that?”
“Same as everything else. Gradually, then all at once.”
“Same as everything else. Gradually, then all at once.”
James Clear • 3-2-1: On the bottleneck to achieving results, the discomfort of growth, and friendship
“An artist has got to be careful never really to arrive at a place where he thinks he’s AT somewhere. You always have to realize that you’re constantly in a state of becoming. And, as long as you can stay in that realm you’ll sort of be alright.”
— Bob Dylan