@joekonrad I feel you on this one, Joe.
So many of us were trained to be "snipers": one shot, one kill. Super proud of our hit rate.
Feels like Taleb's Black Swan, rise of crypto, etc, really opened a lot of our eyes to that Portfolio of Small Bets idea
@KenPaulCarroll I loved what Ray Dalio said about "believability".
Have they actually done it repeatedly?
Can they explain how they did it?
I appreciate "believability", because now I don't have to listen to half the stuff I hear.
And I don't have to say half the stuff I want to.
@mattriback How are you going to test how well you argue?
I got so much out of John Gottman's ideas about arguing and marriage that I think transfer really well to career contexts
@robertfunston I always found meditation quite challenging, and just recently a guy named Adam told me:
just start with breathwork
with no meditation. That made it so much easier for me to get into a good habit
@ericasmyname and thinking about our readers doesn't mean ignoring ourselves
it's not a zero sum game.
Someone once told me: great chefs and great lovers are a *tiny* bit selfish (i.e. doing what they want)
emphasis on *tiny* bit...
@parkerworth Thanks so much, Parker.
So many of us don't want to think about "what ifs" of failure, so we underplan.
Hey, just curious what this means, "Systems are designed for low-cost, not for building"?
Systems are a safety net for failure, but not for making new things?
@thatroblennon PS. Now I've just got to work out how to apply this to the course you taught us all about, Rob!
How to enjoy getting through the part that feels like a dip
@thatroblennon Ahahaha, I don't know why so many people insist that we have to "live in the moment".
The ability to defer gratification is one of the markers of happy and high-functioning adults.
We only have to see the follow-up of the kids from Walter Mischel's "marshmallow" study.