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November 27, 2020 - March 18, 2021
The more you know, the less you diversify.
Simple heuristic: If you’re evenly split on a difficult decision, take the path more painful in the short term.
So you generally want to lean into things with short-term pain, but long-term gain.
Reading science, math, and philosophy one hour per day will likely put you at the upper echelon of human success within seven years.
The genuine love for reading itself, when cultivated, is a superpower.
Read what you love until you love to read.
the best workout for you is one you’re excited enough to do every day,
The number of books completed is a vanity metric. As you know more, you leave more books unfinished. Focus on new concepts with predictive power.
Study logic and math, because once you’ve mastered them, you won’t fear any book.
When solving problems: the older the problem, the older the solution.
A calm mind, a fit body, and a house full of love. These things cannot be bought. They must be earned.
When nothing is missing, your mind shuts down and stops running into the past or future to regret something or to plan something. In that absence, for a moment, you have internal silence. When you have internal silence, then you are content, and you are happy.
Happiness to me is mainly not suffering, not desiring, not thinking too much about the future or the past, really embracing the present moment and the reality of what is, and the way it is. [4]
We think of ourselves as fixed and the world as malleable, but it’s really we who are malleable and the world is largely fixed.
Desire is a contract you make with yourself to be unhappy until you get what you want.
Confucius says you have two lives, and the second one begins when you realize you only have one.
“All of man’s troubles arise because he cannot sit in a room quietly by himself.”
You can get almost anything you want out of life, as long as it’s one thing and you want it far more than anything else.
Peace is happiness at rest, and happiness is peace in motion.
First, you know it. Then, you understand it. Then, you can explain it. Then, you can feel it. Finally, you are it.
Be yourself, with passionate intensity.
Your goal in life is to find the people, business, project, or art that needs you the most.
To make an original contribution, you have to be irrationally obsessed with something.
When everyone is sick, we no longer consider it a disease.
World’s simplest diet: The more processed the food, the less one should consume.
The harder the workout, the easier the day.
One month of consistent yoga and I feel 10 years younger. To stay flexible is to stay young.
The best workout for you is one you’re excited enough to do every day. [4]
I highly recommend listening to the Tim Ferriss’s podcast with Wim Hof.
Meditation is intermittent fasting for the mind.
Too much sugar leads to a heavy body, and too many distractions lead to a heavy mind.
Time spent undistracted and alone, in self-examination, journaling, meditation, resolves the unresolved and ta...
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Life-hack: When in bed, meditate. Either you will have a deep meditation or fall asleep. Victory either way.
Insight meditation lets you run your brain in debug mode until you realize you’re just a subroutine in a larger program.
Meditation is turning off society and listening to yourself. It only “works” when done for its own sake. Hiking is walking meditation. Journaling is writing meditation. Praying is gratitude meditation. Showering is accidental meditation.
Sitting quietly is direct meditation.
To have peace of mind, you have to have peace of body first.
Impatience with actions, patience with results.
inspiration is perishable. When you have inspiration, act on it right then and there. [78]
If there’s something you want to do later, do it now. There is no “later.”
The hardest thing is not doing what you want—it’s knowing what you want.
“Anger is a hot coal you hold in your hand while waiting to throw it at somebody.”
The older the question, the older the answers.
