Kseniya Lifanova

China is currently the second-largest foreign holder of Treasuries, behind Japan

Vague question: What career should I choose?

‍ Specific question: What does my dream week look like hour by hour? What does my nightmare week look like hour by hour? What’s the gap between my current week and the dream/nightmare week?

“My partner Charlie Munger says there are only three ways a smart person can go broke: liquor, ladies and leverage." – Warren

Find the simple ideas via inversion. Flip the problem around. And take them seriously before adding any complexity.

Rumination can be reframed as a smoke alarm for action. If you catch yourself ruminating, reply with How can I take action on this?

When faced with a problem, ask your brain, “ Does this defy the laws of physics? ” — it will reply with “ No ” — and begin generating ludicrous ways this could be possible. Asking your brain this question wipes your mental whiteboard around the problem and knocks on the door of your sleeping creativity.

The U.S. debt is roughly $36 trillion. Nearly three-quarters of that debt is held by U.S. investors, the Fed, and various federal agencies, including the Social Security Administration; the rest is held by foreign investors

Reimagining: Give yourself permission to imagine who you could be beyond the boxes you've always known. Even the smallest prompt in the direction of what might be possible can be a small shift toward growth.