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it's actually quite easy for a low-value work to unnoticeably creep into your schedule and it actually takes a lot of work and effort to not let this happen...So here's an experiment. Try journaling in great detail of each day in the past week every single hour. So hour by hour, what is it that you're exactly doing and be honest on what you thought... See more

Compounding is fueled by endurance, so sitting through market insanity is not a defect; it’s accepting an optimal level of hassle.

Though the data from such experiments are not fully available for public scrutiny, the evidence suggests that content-feed tweaks more easily generate negative emotions (e.g., vanity or paranoia) than positive ones (e.g., optimism or self-esteem). This is why social media is such a tempting tool for psychological warfare: It can be used to poison a... See more

The whole point of existing in this world is to produce culture, and the elimination of low-value work (burger flipping etc) can be a boon to cultural creation.

Optimism for the future. “What’s really incredible about this is that this is Day One. This is the Kitty Hawk stage of electronic commerce. The late 20th Century is just a great time to be alive.” Realizing that he was at the very beginning and taking a long-term view let Bezos make smart strategic decisions, like selling books despite the smaller... See more

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