Sebastian T.

Working in the tech industry 👨🏼‍💻 | Love simplifying the complex 🤷🏼‍♂️ | Never not working the mind 🧠 | Motivated by lifelong learning 📚

[Sebastian T. @SToornstra]

The art and science of asking questions is the source of all knowledge.

[Sebastian T. @SToornstra]

@NavalismHQ @naval @readwise save thread

[Navalism @NavalismHQ]

"Decisions:
• If you can’t decide, the answer is no.
• If two equally difficult paths, choose the one more painful in the short term (pain avoidance is creating an illusion of equality).
• Choose the path that leaves you more equanimous in the long term."

@naval

[Vinod Khosla @vkhosla]

@naval @DavidLWhiteman @BrianNorgard @rabois @nivi Total believer “the team you build is the company you build” and not “ the plan you build is the company you build “. And very few founders realize it.

[Naval Ravikant Quotes @QuotesOfNaval]

"If you want to earn respect, just take on responsibility." -@naval

[Naval Ravikant Quotes @QuotesOfNaval]

"Pick an industry where you can play long term games with long term people." -@naval

[Naval Ravikant Quotes @QuotesOfNaval]

"The three big decisions - what you do, where you live, and who you’re with." -@naval

[Naval Ravikant Quotes @QuotesOfNaval]

"Building specific knowledge will feel like play to you but will look like work to others." -@naval

[Naval Ravikant Quotes @QuotesOfNaval]

"Arm yourself with specific knowledge, accountability, and leverage." - @naval

[Sebastian T. @SToornstra]

@george__mack @QuotesOfNaval @readwise save

[Alfred Lin @Alfred_Lin]

What seeds should I plant today? My partner @roelofbotha sent this quote around @sequoia:

"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.”

– Robert Louis Stevenson

[Sebastian T. @SToornstra]

@HarryStebbings Brooks Ghost always do it for me - great support for your feet

[Andrew D. Huberman, Ph.D. @hubermanlab]

The mere repetition of a behavior causes our nervous system to believe that the specific actions involved, and the context in which they are embedded are important, for better or for worse. Choose what you repeat wisely.

[Sebastian T. @SToornstra]

@SahilBloom @readwise save thread

[Prof. Feynman @ProfFeynman]

If you cannot explain something in simple terms, you don't understand it. The best way to learn is to teach.

[Shane Parrish @shaneparrish]

The clearer you are about your priorities, the easier you can say no.

[Shane Parrish @shaneparrish]

You don’t control the mountain, only the climb.

[Sebastian T. @SToornstra]

Life is a short period between two centuries.

[Sebastian T. @SToornstra]

The future has an ancient heart.

[Sebastian T. @SToornstra]

A lot of extraordinary things in life are the result of things that are first-order negative, second order positive.

#fs

[Sebastian T. @SToornstra]

“To do a common thing uncommonly well brings success.”

– Henry Heinz