Jono Sanders

⛰ Long-time amateur climber | Mgr @Logitech
🔸MSc @PennEngineers x @Wharton
✏️ Writes on elevated performance, outdoor adventure, & lifestyle experiments 👇

[Jono Sanders @sjono]

I loved the ideas from @SimoneStolzoff on the @p_millerd podcast:

"Work will always be work.
Some people work doing what they love.
Other people work so that they can do what they love when they're not working.
Neither is more noble."

[Jono Sanders @sjono]

Lessons building a chatbot to make visuals for content:

1) Find the experts - we paid to take @danshipper class

2) Collaborate - highest chance of success when I work with friends

3) Invest the time - you need to show up to learn, which for me meant 5am coding sessions

[Jono Sanders @sjono]

@Chrisjjosephs A great reframing of the basic premise:
Share valuable content.

When I post a short video sharing the insight I can't help but tell a friend, they get bookmarked, DM'ed to others, and reposted in stories

https://t.co/gNlrqSla3x

[Shane Parrish @shaneparrish]

Ninety percent of success can be boiled down to consistently doing the obvious thing for an uncommonly long period of time without convincing yourself that you're smarter than you are.

[Jono Sanders @sjono]

You can read more ideas here, including why everyone should get a hot tub!

https://t.co/rIOsYdsYoA

[Jono Sanders @sjono]

What's the best way to learn and absorb new information?

It's not enough to re-read the most influential books or your notes.

Learning is most effective when it's effortful.
The hard work to retrieve information makes it more durable and deeper ingrained.

What do I do?

[Jono Sanders @sjono]

8. When we package up the info we find valuable today, we give ourselves access to the wisdom we need for good decisions and effective actions in the future, like a bicycle for the mind.

[Jono Sanders @sjono]

I just re-discovered this quote in an old notebok.

Go create something today!

[Austin Kleon @austinkleon]

“The best way to complain is to make things.”
—James Murphy

[Jono Sanders @sjono]

Building on the last one:
Avoiding stupidity over seeking brilliance.

"One of the best ways to make big gains is to avoid tiny losses."
— James Clear

[Shane Parrish @shaneparrish]

Kind over nice.
Outcome over ego.
Velocity over speed.
Quality over quantity.
Effective over efficient.
Ability over experience.
Progress over perfection.
Consistency over intensity.
Competence over charisma.
Environment over willpower.
Correctness over consensus.
Long-term over the short-term.
The right way over the shortcut.
Avoiding stupidity over seeking brilliance.

[Jono Sanders @sjono]

@dhawalhelix This is great line! And building upon it — find the others to help you on the journey.

Successful people consistently say they wish they'd asked for more help along the way.

Seek out others ahead of you in the game you want to play and tap into their knowledge and experience.

[Jono Sanders @sjono]

@drgurner "The most successful generals or admirals in military history shared one characteristic: that they were willing to ignore orders and risk utter disgrace in order to exploit rapidly changing circumstances."
— Felix Dennis

[Jono Sanders @sjono]

This quote hits hard, but I prefer to frame it this way:

*Excellence is the capacity to push past your perceived limits.*

When we do we discover more meaning — overcoming obstacles and setbacks increases our sense of purpose.

[David Senra @FoundersPodcast]

@drgurner The founder of Four Seasons said it best:

“Excellence is the capacity to take pain.”

[Jono Sanders @sjono]

Good ideas are like Nike sports shoes.
They may facilitate an athlete who possesses them, but on their own they are nothing but an overpriced pair of sneakers… The goal is still to win.
And sports shoes don’t win. Athletes do.
— Felix Dennis
(H/T @DavidSenra1 for the book rec!)

[Jono Sanders @sjono]

Yvon Chouinard kept his ideal lifestyle through all the growth of Patagonia - proof that business owners can also lead an adventurous life!

"Simplicity is complexity resolved." — Brancusi

Find the harmony between work and play, then you'll never burn out.

[Jono Sanders @sjono]

The best example of pursuing business ownership, purposeful work, and an adventurous life comes from Yvon Chouinard.

He set out to make enough money for his next climbing trip.

But he created a company full of misfits that pursue excellence in both work and play...

[Jono Sanders @sjono]

My favorite concept from the book is the business philosophy of MBA — management by absence — and Yvon would spend 6 months of the year in the mountains.
He always served as the “first customer” and came back with new product ideas and feedback on the existing lines.