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Comment on My General Operating Principles: 37 Principles for Making Hard Decisions by kat_raz

Thanks for sharing Taylor, I love #34. Relationships are such an important aspect of life, it personally gives me a lot of inspiration and meaning. And I like the idea of looking at your calendar for realizing what is truly important to you (coming from a Google Calendar power user

Comment on The 70% Rule: How to Move Fast and Break Things (and why you should) by Colin Randall

This article really resonates with me. As both a Virgo and a perfectionists in general I know that I always try and rationalize why things need to be at 99% before letting others see my work. This gave me some real effidence to prove how wasteful that methodology can be. Well done Taylor.

Comment on The 70% Rule: How to Move Fast and Break Things (and why you should) by Mike Cautillo

Fantastic piece Taylor. Bravo…loved it. Full agree, ultimately, the potential consequence should define the necessary effort.

Comment on Jesus Marketing: How I Sold 5000 Books in Four Weeks As a First Time Author (With Less Than 700 Email Subscribers) by Taylor Pearson

Glad it was helpful Nicole. Good luck with the launch!

Comment on Jesus Marketing: How I Sold 5000 Books in Four Weeks As a First Time Author (With Less Than 700 Email Subscribers) by nicoleschubert

Wow. Super helpful! Thank you!

Comment on How to Get Lucky: Focus On The Fat Tails by Karen

But, but you need to know, or know how to find your prime customers are. If this is written for a newbie then surely they would need to apply the bell to get established to a point where they can analyse and find where their customers lie on the 80/20 principle. One would hope an established business would know which of their customers are premium customers and be looking after them already, even if they know nothing about the theory behind looking after your best clients (it’s too freakin lo...

Comment on Antifragile Planning: Optimizing for Optionality (Without Chasing Shiny Objects) by kat_raz

Hey Taylor! I came across your site via Medium. Your articles really resonated with me. I have a blog myself so always appreciate great writing. I know firsthand that it’s not as easy as it looks.

Comment on Antifragile Planning: Optimizing for Optionality (Without Chasing Shiny Objects) by Taylor Pearson

Thanks Kat! Glad it was helpful :). If you don’t mind me asking, how did you find this post?

Comment on Antifragile Planning: Optimizing for Optionality (Without Chasing Shiny Objects) by kat_raz

Awesome post Taylor! I love the idea of thinking about where you want to be 25 years from now. The detailed questions about what exactly you want your “perfect day” to look like makes it easy to figure out what you value most in life and puts things into perspective.

Comment on Fingerspitzengefühl: What Elite Tank Commanders, Chess Grandmasters, and Entrepreneurs Have in Common by tdalon

“In Medieval Japan, samurai practiced with their swords until the weapon became “an extension of their arm.” Once the fight began, if you stopped to think, you were dead. You had to be able to feel how the fight was going.” I would rather say, you were dead if you _started to think.