Summary: be as specific as possible. define words not pointing directly to ground-truth. there’s no such thing as a coincidence for decisions: autoresolve (1) on specific date (2) to the more unpleasant one let people tell you no. don’t make the decision for them. if you’re ever confused about what to do, just do the right thing expectation of progress towards a goal is key to motivation. we are not motivated if don’t know next step. we are not motivated if we don’t know …
if you’re ever confused about what to do, just do the right thing (View Highlight)
if you don’t have consistent scheduled time for your top goals, you don’t have top goals (View Highlight)
everything has an MVP & final version. MVP can usually be done in 10% of the time with a timer for 5-10-15 minutes & ensures you don’t get stuck. what’s the mvp of your current top goal? (View Highlight)
Note: Great question... What's the MVP of your current top goal?
working on the hardest problems requires incredible amount of courage. acknowledge & embrace fear. (View Highlight)
Note: Being afraid is okay. In fact, it is often a sign of doing the right things.
never defer key beliefs. do everything possible to find ppl thinking from first principles rather than from what’s reasonable or what someone else believes (View Highlight)
be suspicious if you haven’t felt awkward today (View Highlight)
be sus whenever you want to read & research instead of figuring something out yourself. it’s usually avoidance caused by fear. (View Highlight)