Pritesh

Your life is, in some sense, a series of definitions of success.

I like to travel because it’s a recalibration every time, even a little bit of what I know about the world.

The point being: Looking closely is valuable at every scale. From looking closely at a sentence, a photograph, a building, a government. It scales and it cascades — one cognizant detail begets another and then another. Suddenly you’ve traveled very far from that first little: Huh.

I’d say that that huh is the foundational block of curiosity. To get... See more

A razor is a decision rubric that has an element of paradox or counter-intuitiveness to it, and as a result is particularly challenging and costly to apply.

And ultimately, fear will disguise itself as “not me” and “not now.” It might already be creeping in as you read this.

Pseudonyms are a social technology with a deep history.

Finding one’s voice is an act of self-discovery. Finding one’s niche is an act of finding out who in the world thinks you’re interesting. Voice is brand identity; niche is market segment. Voice, inside out; niche, outside in.

As financial advisor Carl Richards says, “Risk is what’s left over after you think you’ve thought of everything.”

That’s the real definition of risk—what’s left over after you’ve prepared for the risks you can imagine.

Risk is what you don’t see.”