Jake

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[Jake @thuiitter]

To live is to suffer

Life will not bend to your convenience, no matter what efforts you make.

All you can do...is learn to love the challenge.

— Onimusha: Way of the Sword

[James Clear @JamesClear]

A Monday morning question for you:

Many of the good things in life are downstream from being helpful and useful to others. What can you do today to be useful to someone else?

[Prof. Feynman @ProfFeynman]

It's not the lack of intelligence, it's the lack of focus that is stopping you.

[James Clear @JamesClear]

There is always more than one way to do something. Write down as many ways as you can think of to achieve your desired outcome. Then, rank them based on how much time they take, how much money they cost, and how effective you expect them to be. Choose the best.

[James Clear @JamesClear]

A Monday morning question for you:

If you wait, will it get easier, or will you just be older?

[Lima @limalemonnn]

this is insane. i genuinely don't understand why ambitious people aren't shown this lecture before their careers start consuming their entire lives.

clayton christensen spent his career studying why successful companies collapse. in his final class, he asked students to apply the theory to themselves: if you keep allocating your time the same way, what life are you actually building?

he had already seen the answer in his own harvard mba class. everyone looked successful at the fifth reunion; by the 10th, 15th, 20th, and 25th, many were unhappy, divorced, and living far from their children.

work shows you the score immediately. close a sale, ship a product, finish a presentation, earn a promotion, get paid.

an hour with your child may produce nothing you can measure today; it may take 20 years to understand what that hour built. so the next free hour goes back to work, one rational decision at a time.

this is how people build lives they never planned: through hundreds of right decisions that lead in the wrong direction, day after day.

money, titles, and headcount are easy to count. christensen believed a life should be measured by the people who became better because you were there.

he died in 2020.

one question remains: if someone saw only where your time, energy, and attention went this year, what would they think actually mattered to you?

the full 19-minute lecture is in the video below.

[James Clear @JamesClear]

Four questions that can tell you a lot:

1. When you wake up, do you expect the day to have many joys or many frustrations?

2. When presented with an opportunity, do you have a bias toward action or do you postpone decisions?

3. When things go well for others, do you enjoy cheering them on or do you hate to hear about their success?

4. When things go wrong, do you believe it is your responsibility to improve the situation or do you blame others?

[James Clear @JamesClear]

One of the most valuable skills in life is being able to see another person's perspective.

If you're going to someone's house, think about how it might feel to be the host. If you're creating a product, spend as much time as possible thinking like the customer. If you're calling customer service, think about how it might feel to be on the other end of the conversation.

The more clearly you understand the viewpoint of your spouse or customer or coworker, the better positioned you are to find a solution.

[James Clear @JamesClear]

Simple mindset shifts:

– I'm not hurt, I'm healing.

– I'm not losing, I'm learning.

– I was not rejected, I was redirected.

Negative things happen. Negative mindsets make them harder.

[Jake @thuiitter]

https://t.co/taZvvf3SMx

[James Clear @JamesClear]

Don't worry about being the most interesting person in the room, just try to be the most interested person in the room.

The interested person asks about others and leaves a good impression because people like talking about themselves. The interested person is genuinely curious about someone's craft and learns a lot about how things work. The interested person engages with more people and—because opportunities come through people—is more likely to catch a lucky break.

In general, the interested person learns more and tends to be well-liked. And in the long run, it's hard to keep down someone who is well-learned and well-liked.

[James Clear @JamesClear]

The recipe for frustration is taking on something that requires a whole person, but only giving it half your time.

Look at what you're trying to do. What is required? Some things can only be done well when they are pursued with full effort.

[Jake @thuiitter]

Fragility plus daily care outlasts strength plus neglect. You can only optimize so much, but you can care forever. Efficiency has limits, devotion doesn't. — @shaneparrish

This reminds me of why smaller and more innovative companies can beat giant corporations.

[Jake @thuiitter]

Cafes, are cool. They have the ambiance, environment and vibes that draws people in. But what if those are not what's important, what if what's important are the coffee and... time...

https://t.co/wISLlAG1UO

[Jake @thuiitter]

It's never too late, try, just try and see, and I think you'll be surprised how well you do. You can either rust out or wear out, I'm trying to wear out rather than rust out.

— Dorothy Smith, Yes Theory

[Jake @thuiitter]

The corsair brand has been with us kids from the 90's for some time now and it has seen it's evolution over the years. $CRSR has dropped by around 60% from inception and 85% from peak. Can Corsair maintain its edge in the crowded gaming market?
https://t.co/wjbXvPLZ82

[Ryan Holiday @RyanHoliday]

Put yourself in rooms where you’re the least knowledgeable person. Observe and learn. Ask questions.

[James Clear @JamesClear]

Guilt lives in the past.
Worry lives in the future.
Peace lives in the present.

[Jake @thuiitter]

"They may have been more right when they were right, but could have been wrong just as often as you."

[Jake @thuiitter]

"That makes our own failures, losses, and setbacks feel like we're doing something wrong. But it's possible that we're wrong, or just sort of right, just as often as the masters are."

[Jake @thuiitter]

@morganhousel, The Psychology of Money

"When we pay special attention to a role model's success we overlook their gains coming from a small % of their actions."