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“When you want to learn how to do something yourself, most people won’t understand. They’ll assume the only reason we do anything is to get it done, and doing it yourself is not the most efficient way. But that’s forgetting about the joy of learning and doing.” Derek Sivers – Anything You Want It wasn’t […]

“Man, sometimes it takes you a long time to sound like yourself.” Miles Davis Authenticity is having clear values and doing actions that align with them. For this to happen, you need to understand yourself deeply. This is harder than it seems, especially when you start doing something for the first time. When you look

“Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes – including you.” Anne Lammot A common problem most people struggle with is the overuse of technology. We live in a world where escaping technology is hard. If we’re not careful, we can take push notifications, a 24/7 news cycle, and endless

“The thing that’s important in entrepreneurship: you just have to be right once.” Naval Ravikant Certain activities in life are asymmetric. This is when the downsides of doing something are minuscule compared to the potential rewards. Our job is to identify these asymmetries, especially the ones that offer big rewards that change your life for

“An old friend of mine, a journalist, once said that paradise on earth was to work all day alone in anticipation of an evening in interesting company.” Ian McEwan – Machines Like Me I often think about quotes like these. We tend to pursue big dreams, but we forget the best things in life are

“Write a little every day, without hope, without despair.” Isak Dinesen Sometimes the difference between a mediocre day and an amazing one is as simple as doing an activity that makes you lose time. Carl Jung put it best when he wrote “What did you do as a child that made the hours pass like

What would you do if you had to spend an hour every morning doing deep work (preferably offline and without screens)? I’ve always admired those who devote their lives to a singular, analog activity because it feels like a superpower. “Commitment gives you freedom because it hones your attention and focus, directing them toward what

“In my whole life, I’ve never been good at something I wasn’t very interested in. It just doesn’t work. There’s no substitute for strong interest.” Charlie Munger – All I Want to Know Is Where I’m Going to Die So I’ll Never Go There Learning new things is one of the best ways to invest

I keep a series of questions on my notecard system. I’ve noticed that the questions are often more interesting than the answers. Since this might help others, I compiled my favorite ones in this article. In my case, I tend to ask myself questions regularly and answer them in my journal. That said, I’m sure

“The pain of regret lasts forever. The pain of action fades quickly.” Shane Parrish Recently, I listened to an episode of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck podcast where Mark Manson talked about certain things in life being asymmetric. The idea is that the downsides of certain things are minuscule compared to the