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“There is only one way to avoid criticism. Do nothing. Be nothing. Say nothing.” – Aristotle https://twitter.com/ianbremmer/status/1388168608442880003. 100%. How well can Magnus Carlsen identify chess positions? David Howell tested the world champion, and the result is truly mindblowing! https://twitter.com/ChampChessTour/status/1387848472741752837. Stunning. Nobody Cares https://a16z.com/2011/10/08/nobody-cares/. Such important advice. “All the mental energy that you use to elaborate…
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A: Something that saves me a fair amount of time, and mindshare, is not being active on social media. As more research is conducted on the long-term effects of social media, I am more convinced now than ever that this one decision has made a massive impact on me. In a recent issue of the…
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Albert Camus once said, “An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.” I love this quote because it explains the difference between knowledge and wisdom. Knowledge is knowing lots and lots of stuff. Wisdom is understanding how your mind uses that stuff. 

 In psychology, this “mind watches itself” is known as meta-cognition. Or, more…
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One of my favorite pieces of research finds that people fear asking difficult/sensitive questions far more than being asked difficult/sensitive questions. That implies that in most social situations, people are afraid to talk about the juicy stuff because they falsely believe other people don’t want to talk about it! It’s yet another example of how…
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Michael Siebel’s Advice for First Time Founders Vinod Khosla’s Talk at GSB Peter Thiel’s Lecture on Competition James Currier on Network Effects Andresseen Horowitz on Network Effects

1. The best relationships are the ones you don’t have to force. 2. Nobody remembers your mistakes as much as you do. 3. It’s better to do something every day with no dream than to dream all day and do nothing.  4. Success never feels as good as you had hoped; failure never feels as…
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The changes coming are unstoppable. If we embrace them and plan for them, we can use them to create a much fairer, happier, and more prosperous society. The future can be almost unimaginably great. by Sam Altman Moore’s Law for Everything

The best way to improve your ability to think is to spend time thinking. Most of us are too busy to think. We have too many meetings. Too many calls. Too many priorities. Too many demands on our time. With no time to think and make good decisions we rush and make bad ones. And…
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Every year since 1982, Forbes magazine has published a list of the richest Americans. If we compare the 100 richest people in 1982 to the 100 richest in 2020, we notice some big differences.In 1982 the most common source of wealth was inheritance. Of the 100 richest people, 60 inherited from an ancestor. There were 10 du…
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Asking too many questions is negative!