Yogi Verma

Thinker, life-long learner, intellectually curious abt weak signals @ interaction of People, Process & Tech. Fuqua Alum My views ≠ Employer's | RT ≠ Endorsement

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“Curiosity is antifragile, like an addiction; magnified by attempts to satisfy it.” - Nassim Taleb

H/t - @Gautam__Baid
#Compunding

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Question to self:

Does our brain crave dramatic outcomes vs. objective/quantitative outcomes?

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Every society honors its live conformists and dead troublemakers - Mignon McLaughlin

comfort in conformance - discomfort in dissension

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Note to self

Don’t confuse selection with results!

“Trying to be happier is as futile as trying to be taller” - David Lykken & Auke Tellegen

H/t @dobelli

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@RishabhPant17

Thank you, Rishabh for signing my India cap! It was great to see you #indvsPak in NY, & #IndvsCan in FL. This priceless possession will be framed w/ utmost care, respect, regard, & joy!
Unfortunately today’s game was abandoned.
@T20WorldCup #IndvsCan #winthecup

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@InvestingCanons Howard Marks has certainly made this quote famous but you may want to check the source.

I believe the quote is attributed to Elroy Dimaon of LBS.

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" ... It's easy to overestimate the importance of winning the moment and underestimate how it can cost you the ultimate goal. ..."

A Tiny Thought in the @farnamstreet weekly newsletter

https://t.co/vhgozPJetz

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“Blessed is the man who having nothing to say abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.” - George Eliot

Is there anyone who does it better than Charlie Munger #Mungerisms

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Mental Liquidity - by @morganhousel
Changing your mind is hard because:
- it’s easier to fool yourself into believing a falsehood than admit a mistake.
- it’s an admission that the certainty you once thought you held was an illusion.

https://t.co/VtWlXWD33y via @collabfund

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“If we only wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, which is difficult, since we think them happier than they are.” - Charles de Montesquieu

H/t @morganhousel podcast
#Happiness

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“It is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else’s life with perfection” - Bhagavad Gita 3.35

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Holiday readings!

[Ryan Holiday @RyanHoliday]

30 Stoic lessons from Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, and Epictetus:

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"Deconstruction creates knowledge. Recombination creates value."

–@JamesClear

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Iterating through this thought -

Leaders Listen
Preachers Preach

#Authenticity #Leadership

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A key attribute of great leaders - listening more than preaching

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Future is not what the past used to be

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"I realize our careers are like rivers. If we can just flow with the flow, while maintaining our characters, like a river does, we will find our way to the oceans that await us." - @safalniveshak

Thank you, Vishal!

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Monotasking > Multitasking

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"As our island of knowledge grows, so does the shore of our ignorance." - John Wheeler, Physicist