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February 6 - February 7, 2024
“Risk is what’s left over after you think you’ve thought of everything.”
Money buys happiness in the same way drugs bring pleasure: incredible if done right, dangerous if used to mask a weakness, and disastrous when no amount is enough.
When a topic is complex, stories are like leverage.
“New ways of looking at things create much greater innovation than new ways of doing them.”
Some of the most important forces in the world—particularly those regarding people’s personalities and mindsets—are nearly impossible to measure and impossible to predict.
The same people with the same intelligence have wildly different potential under different circumstances.
“Most successful people are just a walking anxiety disorder harnessed for productivity.”
good news takes time but bad news tends to occur instantly.
Save like a pessimist and invest like an optimist. Plan like a pessimist and dream like an optimist.
“The safest way to try to get what you want is to try to deserve what you want.
If you can get your work life to where you enjoy half of it, that is amazing. Very few people ever achieve that.
A unique skill, an underrated skill, is identifying the optimal amount of hassle and nonsense you should put up with to get ahead while getting along.
It’s easiest to convince people that you’re special if they don’t know you well enough to see all the ways you’re not.
“The purpose of the margin of safety is to render the forecast unnecessary.”
The more flexibility you have, the less you need to know what happens next.
