seek the moments that become anecdotes
Are you hunting field mice or antelope?
The world is getting chaotic. How to become resilient and antifragile
Geese in the back of the formation only have to work 80% as hard
Hang with interesting people and do interesting things
FS Principles: 1. Direction over speed. 2. Live deliberately. 3. Thoughtful opinions loosely held. 4. Principles > Tactics. 5. Own your actions
In a world of abundance, curation is valuable
When you don’t know what to do, help somebody
“I wonder if”
Better to be a warrior in a garden, than a gardener in a war
Covey’s 2 human problems: 1. Not knowing what you want 2. Not knowing how to get what you want
Follow up
Ask questions in reverse. Not “What can I do?” but “What needs to be done?”
Find and understand the really big ideas of each discipline
Casper found that online sales increased in areas that had physical stores. decreased CAC
Fortnite is online conspicuous consumption
1870s were maybe the most comparable period of rapid change. 2nd industrial revolution, Introduction of trains, advertising, mail, production processes
4 things make an asset valuable: 1. Demand 2. Utility. 3. Scarcity. 4. Transferability
“You get all you want in life, if you help people get what they want”
1/2 of all people work for companies with < 50 people
“People overestimate what they can do in the near term and underestimate what they can do in the long-term”
WeWork sees itself as a “spatial platform” and wants to ask “how is this building doing?” but “how is this account doing?”
2nd Law of Thermodynamics: “natural processes tend to move toward a state of greater disorder”. Entropy increases through time.
Heavy is easy, light is hard
Simple conversation starters: 1) where are you from? 2) and where are your parents from?
Divergent thinking
“Nothing great ever happened without enthusiasm”
Dig 2 layers deeper (like Making a Murderer)
Default aggressive
Always building relationships
Be interested, not interesting
Obsessed
Set small goals for each interaction
- Suggestions for becoming a Positive Deviant from “Better” by Atul Gawande.
- Ask an unscripted question. Be different, especially in the routine interactions of life
- Don’t complain. Fix it, provide solutions
- Count something. It can lead to unique insights
- Write something. It clarifies thinking
- Change
Happiness comes from solving problems
What pain are you willing to take on in your life?
What are you certain about that could be wrong?
What are the stories about myself that I tell?
You can be totally successful at something only if you’re willing to fail at it
If you want others to like you, you will be anxious because you’re dependent upon THEM, rather than simply your own thoughts and actions
Motivation doesn’t lead to action. action leads to motivation
“Just write 200 crappy words”
It’s 10 years from now. You’re happy. Why?
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