Prashant Patel

“Freedom is never free. Anyone who has struggled to be free knows how much it costs.” - Deborah Levy

“This is why Elon focuses so much for first principals is just because Myspace for example didn't reach Facebook levels to scale didn't mean that Facebook wouldn't be able to. If you're ruthlessly open minded, you have to be consciously willing to re-examine your assumptions. To do that, you have to try to figure out a way to not get emotionally ti

Gambler’s Conceit : People hooked on a risky behavior (e.g. gambling, smoking) reassure themselves they’ll be able to quit while ahead (before bankruptcy, lung cancer). However, their future-self tends to act a lot like them, so if they can't quit now, they likely won't quit later when they’re even deeper in.

Simplest explaination are often the best.

‘Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.” - Carl Jung

Days that are rushed = Days that suck

…the more time we spend in the tower’s mirror world of abstractions and the higher we climb, the more important it is that we hold on to a fistful of mud.

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• Sabbaticals

• Long attention spans

• Quality time with kids

• Valuing time over money

• Slow and calm lifestyle

• Meeting-free calendar

• Having “enough”

• Financial freedom

• Enjoying what you do

• Biological age younger than your real age