Jordan peterson on why it's so hard to sit down and study:
1. You sit down to study. your intent is clear: study. but you know distractions will flood in non-stop, and there's almost nothing you can do but wait them out.
2. it's not random noise. there are little subsystems inside you that want something else. one wants a sandwich. one wants a cigarette. one suddenly needs to clean under the bed. they pop up and fight you for control.
3. they get sneaky too. you'll start thinking "this is a stupid course. why am i even in university. what's the point of life." you can really get going when you're trying to avoid your homework.
4. so ask yourself. you took the course. you told yourself to sit down. why don't you listen? the honest answer is you're a mess. you don't have control over yourself at all.
5. and the less put-together you are, the less you run these systems and the more they run you. it can get badly out of hand.
6. you've felt it elsewhere. attracted to someone you don't even want to be attracted to. texting them late at night when you know you should be asleep. in the grip of something you can't control.
There is an African Proverb that I love:
“A cat that dreams of becoming a lion must lose its appetite for rats.”
Meaning: To achieve greatness, you must let go of old habits that could hold back your progress.
Jeff Bezos on the 4 principles that differentiated Amazon from other companies
“The thing that connects everything that Amazon does — our #1 conviction, philosophy, and principle — is customer obsession, as opposed to competitor obsession. We are always focused on the customer, working backwards from the customer’s needs, and developing new skills internally so that we can satisfy what we perceive to be future customer needs.”
Jeff Bezos continues:
“It seems like we’re in a bunch of different businesses. We have Amazon Web Services, which is completely different from our Amazon Prime business or Amazon Marketplace or Amazon Studios and so on. But really the way that those businesses run are very similar, and it all starts with customer obsession. But it’s not just customer obsession.”
Pioneering is another critical principle for Amazon:
“We have a very inventive culture. We like to pioneer and invent. There are other very effective business strategies. Pioneering is not the only effective business strategy. In fact, some people would argue it’s not the most effective one. Close-following can be a very good business strategy, and it’s worked many times if you look at the history of business. But it just isn’t who we are.”
Willingness to think long-term is another one:
“That’s another common thread that runs through everything we do. We are very happy to invest in new initiatives that are very risky for 5-7 years. Most companies won’t do that. Companies will invest for very long periods of time in the cases where the outcomes are more certain, but it’s the combination of the risk-taking and the long-term outlook that make Amazon special.”
Taking pride in operational excellence is the final one:
“Doing things well. Finding defects and working backwards. That’s all the incremental improvement that most successful companies are very good at. If you’re not good at finding the root cause of defects and fixing that root cause — you don’t ever want to let defects flow downstream — that’s a key part of doing a good job in any business, in my opinion.”
Source: @charlierose (Oct 2016)
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two types of people right now:
type 1: opens Claude, types something, gets an answer, closes the tab. thinks they're using AI.
type 2: knows the hidden features, settings, and shortcuts. runs Claude like a power tool.
type 1 gets surprised in 12 months.
type 2 built the advantage already.
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iShowSpeed explains why Ronaldo is the GOAT
IShowSpeed: "What about you? Ronaldo or Messi?"
Shannon: "Messi."
IShowSpeed: "All right, peace out."
IShowSpeed: "Messi? Really? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. Why? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Why? He can just… You don’t know nothing about football."
Shannon: "I don’t know as I’m as versed in it as you know, but from what I’ve seen and…"
IShowSpeed: "From what you’ve seen. What did you see?"
Shannon: "From what I’ve seen. I saw him in the World Cup. See, look. That’s it. Look. You being too simple-minded. "
"What about all those balls? Does it count for anything? A ball in the yard? Yeah. Yes. Who has the most?"
IShowSpeed: "Ronaldo does."
Shannon: "Messi does. But not Strato. You don’t understand. You don’t understand. Okay, well help me understand."
IShowSpeed: "See, I don’t wanna get too deep into this."
Shannon Sharpe: "Get deep."
IShowSpeed: "I don’t wanna get… okay, listen, listen, listen. Ronaldo should have at least nine Ballon d’Ors."
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