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- Life Advice From Charlie Munger
The safest way to get what you want is to try and deserve what you want Deliver to the world what you would buy if you were on the other …
- Always Be Quitting
Julio Merino has a useful philosophy on how to think about career growth. He says A good philosophy to live by at work is to “always be …
- Time Billionaire
Graham Duncan, the co-founder of East Rock Capital, appeared on the Tim Ferris podcast in March 2019. He spoke of an interesting concept …
- Career Advice
Scott Adams says: If you want an average successful life, it doesn’t take much planning. Just stay out of trouble, go to school, and …
- Kevin Kelly - 68 bits of unsolicited advice
Original post at https://kk.org/thetechnium/68-bits-of-unsolicited-advice/ Learn how to learn from those you disagree with, or even offend …
- Wear sunscreen
“Advice, like youth, probably just wasted on the young”, rarely known by the title “Wear Sunscreen”,is an essay …
- The Lesson to Unlearn
When I started advising startup founders at Y Combinator, especially young ones, I was puzzled by the way they always seemed to make things …
- No Sunk Costs
“When I work I have no sunk costs. I like changing my mind. Some people really don’t like it but for me changing my mind is a thrill. …
- How to win in a packed category
Via @JasonFried’s blog post: Q: How do you still win in a packed category? I feel like it’s a lot harder to win now than it was 10 …
- Enough
via The Hqppiness Equation book Joseph Heller, a funny writer now dead, and his friend were at a party given by a billionaire on Shelter …
- Seth Klarman's Career Advice
via Intelligent Fanatics post: I also thought I’d be good at certain things. Competing a 100 hours a week won’t be one of them, because …
- Your Intuition is Wrong
“In general, confidence is a very poor cue to accuracy. Because intuitions come to your mind with considerable confidence and there is no …
- How to fail as a new engineering manager
From @hashbrown1 blog post - How to fail as a new engineering manager: Keep coding. Focusing only on the work, not the people. Measuring …
- How to Get Rich (without getting lucky)
@naval is one of my heroes. I’ve discovered him lately, mostly through @farnamstreet’s knowledge podcast episode and @tferriss …
- Amateur
“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good …
- Money Advice from Nassim Nicholas Taleb
From Esquire’s article: I have never, ever borrowed a penny. So I have zero credit record. No loans, no mortgage, nothing. Ever. When …
- Life is Short
Three articles influenced current blog post. Each of us have an opinion and view point on the concept of life - its meaning, modus operandi …
- This Much I know - Daniel Kahneman
Notes: Human beings cannot comprehend very large or very small numbers. It would be useful for us to acknowledge that fact. Happiness is …
- Will I become a billionaire if I am determined to be one and put in all the necessary work required?
No.One of the many qualities that separate self-made billionaires from the rest of us is their ability to ask the right questions. This is …
- Knowing what you don’t know is more useful than being brilliant.
Confucius said that real knowledge is knowing the extent of one’s ignorance. Aristotle and Socrates said the same thing. Is it a skill that …