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Minimize your own cognitive load from distracting things that don’t really matter. It’s hard to overstate how important this is, and how bad most people are at it. Get rid of distractions in your life. Develop very strong ways to avoid letting crap you don’t like doing pile up and take your mental cycles, especially…
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Your personal experiences make up maybe 0.00000001% of what’s happened in the world but maybe 80% of how you think the world works. People believe what they’ve seen happen exponentially more than what they read about has happened to other people, if they read about other people at all. We’re all biased to our own…
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When people reflect on what it takes to be mentally fit, the first idea that comes to mind is usually intelligence. The smarter you are, the more complex the problems you can solve— and the faster you can solve them. Intelligence is traditionally viewed as the ability to think and learn. Yet in a turbulent…
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“We are learning in vaccines what most startups inevitably realize too late. Product is great. but most of the time, you live or die by distribution.” https://twitter.com/kevinakwok/status/1351805737727533056. Correct. The Mike Speiser Incubation Playbook https://kwokchain.com/2020/09/22/the-mike-speiser-incubation-playbook/. Incubation and execution on a different level. Interview with Mario Cibelli from Marathon Partners Equity Management https://www.joincolossus.com/episodes/46347335/cibelli-cornerstone-investing-insights. How to create differential…
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2020 has been a record year, in a few different, often contradictory ways.PwC and CB Insights just released their latest report on VC funding. The US highlights: Funding: 2020 was the biggest-ever funding year, with VCs disbursing $130 billion. The previous record was $122 billion in 2018. Unicorns: 28 startups grew unicorn horns in Q4 2020 alone. For context,…
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Inspire yourself never to waste time on bullshit again. Having kids showed me how to convert a continuous quantity, time, into discrete quantities. You only get 52 weekends with your 2 year old. If Christmas-as-magic lasts from say ages 3 to 10, you only get to watch your child experience it 8 times. And while…
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Questions to help you see through the lens of opportunity cost: 1. And then what? 2. Compared to what? 3. At the expense of what? Most people focus on what something costs today. These “direct costs” are easy to see and measure. Looking through an opportunity lens takes these direct costs into consideration but also…
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Memory is an intrinsic part of our life experience. It is critical for learning, and without memories we would have no sense of self. Understanding why some memories stick better than others, as well as accepting their fluidity, helps us reduce conflict and better appreciate just how much our memories impact our lives. Farnam Street

“Don’t look at the scoreboard; play the next play.” Nick Saban

Interesting review with lots of tidbits on Amazon.