Shivam Agarwal
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Shivam Agarwal
Benefit of a red ocean is that profit pool is proven
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I’ve learned that discipline can hide fear, especially the fear of looking foolish for backing something that looks crazy. But the future cares more about what could go right , and how big it could get if it does. By the time the consensus catches up, the future no longer needs you.
Mario Gabriele • Letters to a Young Investor: Mike Maples, Jr.
how unpredictable non-linear thinking is
“If in 10 minutes you cannot understand what’s going on, it means the person on the other end doesn’t understand what’s going on and there isn’t anything to understand.”
Brain Food: The Most Valuable Skill
your gut needs to be strong enough to take fast investment calls
show the inside of your head in public, so people can see if they would like to live in there.
Henrik Karlsson • Looking for Alice
solid note to remember
“ what does it seem like everyone else is mysteriously bad at?”
finding your thing
Everyone that we’ve admired has their “thing” and maybe this can be a great framework of thinking about your thing instead of asking what are you great at.
What you find interesting is a better predictor of success than what you're good at
Brain Food: The Most Valuable Skill
always curious about the world
Outliers act despite their feelings, not because of them.
Brain Food: The Most Valuable Skill
Today.
Being human is not hard because you're doing it wrong, it's hard because you're doing it right. You will never change the fact that being human is hard, so you must change your idea that it was ever supposed to be easy
Glennon Doyle • Untamed by Glennon Doyle
the problem with “i am X” is “i am”.
#random thoughts