More on this book
Community
Kindle Notes & Highlights
Read between
October 26 - November 20, 2023
microeconomics textbook from start to finish.
Crack open a basic math book, and make sure you are really good at multiplying, dividing, compounding, probability, and statistics.
These are very, very long-lived decisions. It’s very, very important we only say yes when we are pretty certain. You’re never going to be absolutely certain, but you’re going to be very certain.
Simple heuristic: If you’re evenly split on a difficult decision, take the path more painful in the short term.
tweet from @illacertus said, “I don’t want to read everything. I just want to read the 100 great books over and over again.” I think there’s a lot to that idea. It’s really more about identifying the great books for you because different books speak to different people. Then, you can really absorb those.
If you want to learn macroeconomics, first read Adam Smith, read von Mises, or read Hayek. Start with the original philosophers of the economy. If you’re into communist or socialist ideas (which I’m personally not), start by reading Karl Marx.
The three big ones in life are wealth, health, and happiness. We pursue them in that order, but their importance is reverse.
Khushbu Gupta liked this
Happiness is what’s there when you remove the sense that something is missing in your life.
If you look at little children, on balance, they’re generally pretty happy because they are really immersed in the environment and the moment,
Most of it is going to come from acceptance, not from changing your external environment. [8]
Memory and identity are burdens from the past preventing us from living freely in the present. [3]
When you’re young, you have time. You have health, but you have no money. When you’re middle-aged, you have money and you have health, but you have no time. When you’re old, you have money and you have time, but you have no health. So the trifecta is trying to get all three at once.
No exceptions—all screen activities linked to less happiness, all non-screen activities linked to more happiness. [11]
Pick one big desire in your life at any given time to give yourself purpose and motivation.
You always have three options: you can change it, you can accept it, or you can leave it.
Achieving acceptance is very difficult. I have a couple of hacks I try, but I wouldn’t say they are totally successful.
One hack is stepping back and looking at previous bits of suffering I’ve had in my life. I write them down.
trace the growth and improvement that came from it years later.
But I’ve learned to mentally ask myself, “What is the positive of this situation?”
Khushbu Gupta liked this
Your goal in life is to find the people, business, project, or art that needs you the most.
There is something out there just for you.
My number one priority in life, above my happiness, above my family, above my work, is my own health. It starts with my physical health. Second, it’s my mental health. Third, it’s my spiritual health. Then, it’s my family’s health. Then, it’s my family’s wellbeing. After that, I can go out and do whatever I need to do with the rest of the world. [4]
Relaxed breathing tells your body you’re safe. Then,
presence in this project means a lot to me and will certainly
