Preston Rakovsky

The brain can't tell the difference between productive preparation and elaborate procrastination.

I finally found my rhythm when I realized the steps backwards were part of the dance

i’m learning to lose that’s the thing they don’t teach you - Roommates by Malcolm Todd

A first date was happening next to me. It was pretty painful to overhear them have absolutely nothing in common. What was worse was they weren’t curious about each other. I think all romance is an enduring curiosity for another person. (nix, valley of things unsaid)

Bezos, when asked where he gets the confidence to attempt to build companies of such massive scale, like Amazon and Blue Origin.

He responds:

“I think it’s generally human nature to overestimate risk and underestimate opportunity. And so I think entrepreneurs in general would be well-advised to try and bias against that. The risks are probably not

“A principle isn’t a principle until it costs you something.” — Bill Bernbach