No. 508 – January 22nd, 2023
Timeless ideas and insights for life.
FS
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The solution I devised for myself is a simple one: 25 pages a day. That’s it. Just commit to that, and then do it.
— Source
Insight
“Never forget that your unconscious is smarter than you, faster than you, and more powerful than you. It may even control you. You will never know all of its secrets.”
— Cordelia Fine in A Mind of Its Own: How Your Brain Distorts and Deceives
Tiny Thought
You don’t need to be smarter than others to outperform them if you can out-position them.
Anyone looks like a genius when they’re in a good position, and even the smartest person looks like an idiot when they’re in a bad one. When circumstances change, the person with low leverage and cash in the bank has many ways to play their hand and come out on top. On the other hand, the person with high leverage and no cash buffer has few.
Time is the friend of someone properly positioned and the enemy of someone poorly positioned.
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8 Techniques for Evaluating Character:
“A person’s choice of a spouse—or if they aren’t married, their closest lifelong partner—is much more revealing than anything they say or do in public. This choice tells you about their own innermost longings, expectations, and needs. It tells you what they think of themselves, and what they think they deserve in life (or will settle for). It is, I believe, the clearest indicator of priorities and values you will ever find.”
— Source
Cheers,
— Shane
P.S. Wow.