I’m convinced that the most important skill in life is the ability to just figure it out. You’ll face a lot of problems that you have no idea how to solve. There’s nothing more valuable than knowing you’ll see it through. That you’ll handle it. Do the work. Get it done. Repeat.
The smartest people I went to college with are still stuck in jobs that suck the life out of them..
Their INTELLIGENCE is one of the biggest reasons…
When you're the smart one, being wrong feels like the worst possible outcome.
- So you protect the reputation by never putting it on the line.
- Every great idea gets talked out of existence before you can execute on it.
I was NEVER the smartest guy in those rooms.
That meant I had less of a reputation to protect, therefore I had less to lose by just trying.
If you think you’re not smart enough, I’m here to tell you that’s the story your brain is telling you to try to keep you safe.
Delusional optimism, bias towards action, and the willingness to look stupid for falling on your face is all you need to succeed, trust me.
When @mickymalka was 24 years old, he met Charlie Munger.
He owned just 1 share of Berkshire, but Charlie told him he was the wealthiest person in the room:
"Charlie looks at me and says, 'You must be very wealthy to be here! I said,
'Actually, no, I only own one share?'
He says, 'You don't get it. You are the wealthiest guy in the room. You have the power of time. All of us here are in our last chapter. You're just starting your time. You will compound for the next 70 years of your life.
So never forget the rule I'm about to tell you: you only need to get rich once.'
And then he says, 'And now I'm going to eat, and just sat down and ate."
the ppl i find hardest to relate to are the ones who seem incapable of seeing the absurdity in existence at all.
life is so comically improbable that taking every social ritual, opinion, or personal slight with complete seriousness (aka not being be able to joke or take a joke) feels like missing 80% of the experience.
there's no audience to impress.
no people to please.
no applause to chase.
do everything for yourself.
stop comparing your journey to others and move at your own pace.
"What color is your Bugatti?" -Andrew Tate
Don't be suckered into the cult of "Winner Culture."
No one is going to tell you this, but if you just take life advice from Pro-Athletes, Billionaire Moguls, VCs and other 'Winners', you are not going to get the full experience.
Consider the amount of wisdom held by people who will have well-attended funerals, yet who never 'fly private'.
This guy @iangcarroll makes $7M per year with his own bootstrapped business
What I find interesting about people that make so much money on their own is that their physiognomy is almost always happy and likeable and friendly
It's same with billionaires, most of them are actually very likeable and friendly, and maybe that's why they got to be so rich
And it's completely the opposite what the internet gurus make you think rich people look like: tough guys on steroids with broccoli hair smoking cigars driving rented lambos
Just a chill guy
The realest shit Naval has said:
“People think it’s about putting in 10,000 hours, it’s not. It’s about 10,000 iterations. It’s not time that makes you better, it’s the number of feedback loops you run. The faster you can iterate, the faster you learn.”
Iterations > Repetition