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M.J. DeMarco
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January 3 - July 14, 2022
change is constantS42
ROIs.
morsels
reciprocity.
infomercial
Play Life Like a Video Game to Be Won
RPG,
you have to become a problemologistP30 to advance through the game. As such, you’re continually investigating, identifying problems, acting, assessing, and adjustingS55. As skills and resources accumulate, so do your opportunities and their results.
No one wins the game on their first play.
They play and repeatedly fail until skills are honed, learning is done, and wisdom grows.
Look at life as a real video game with problems to solve, rewards to be won, teams to build, and freedom to obtain.
TROTMANKIND
loins
Think Consequentially and Expose Process-Killing Choices
Consequential-thinking
assessing risk and probability.
What are this action’s worst- and best-case consequences and th...
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Consequential-thinking extrapolates consequences while assessing risk and probability, bringing hindsight into the present for better decision-making.
grimacing
your relative-value, is your product or service.
half our battle is creating something people want.
other half is convincing them to buy it.
PtolemyS24
The Pareto Principle is the idea that 80 percent of X is caused by 20 percent of Y.
the majority of your company’s growth will happen from a minority of your strategy.
When you’re sacrificing five days of work for two days of freedom, is that a balanced approach to life? Nope, more like unfair and unbalanced.
Your actions express your priorities.
impetuousness
gambit
Be Led by Purpose, Not Passion
Purpose is the primary driver behind motivation and perseverance.
Without an intense Purpose, a great rat race escape is unlikely. A Purpose is the camel that gets you through the desert.
Whatever it is, it must be strong enough to compel steady action and get you through the Desert of Desertion when a severed feedback loop isn’t firing passion.
You’re not seeking the truth; you’re seeking to confirm your belief. Known as a confirmation bias in cognitive science, this is why political derision is the worst it’s ever been.
porous,
What beliefs are causing problems in your life?
If you live to 65 years old and each second represented a “now,” you would have enjoyed 2,051,244,000 Nows. The question is, how many of those moments were spent dwelling on the past or hoping for a future?
fractal thought is a future precondition that must occur before you grant yourself happiness, usually starting with a “when.” When I get my dream job, when I get out of debt, or when I get married.
Whenever your mind dwells on the past or future, the joy of Now is
The rich get rich because they enjoy asymmetric returns,
You don’t need anyone’s permission to live your dream.
The Internet has democratized talent and value, giving anyone the ability to go from zero to hero.
Hire your weaknesses, work your strengths.
How You Do What’s Meaningless Is How You Do What’s Meaningful
How you do anything is how you do everything.
doused
gyrations.
caressing
