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Wealth


1/ What NOT to Outsource: “If it involves judgment, creativity or is the number one priority, have 100% obsessive ownership over that” - George McGill

2/ Speed > Quality: “Speed of iteration beats the quality of iteration” - Daniel Ek
If you create an environment where you can fail and iterate on the job, you create a learning organism that constantly improves

3/ A House is NOT an Asset: It’s a consumption good, People park their capital in houses, but it doesn’t generate income like an actual asset is supposed to – James Altucher

4/ Traits of Great Founders: Frugality (spending money wisely), Focus (attention to detail), Obsession (with the problem they’re trying to solve), Love (of their work), Ideal co-founders are tenacious, relentlessly resourceful, decisive, tough, calm, creative, and quick-to-act (i.e., they behave like James Bond) – Sal Altman [Premium]

Wisdom

5/ Do What is Play for Your and Work for Others (Naval): Ask yourself “what are those things that I find just stick in my brain effortlessly? And what things go right through me” – Angela Duckworth

6/ Clarity: “If you woke up tomorrow morning and found out you had ten years to live, what would you stop doing?” – Jim Collins

7/ Don’t Underestimate the Power of an Act of Kindness: The most treasured gift in the world are kind words spontaneously tendered” – Jim Collins

8/ What Is Grit? Stamina, passion, and perseverance for long-term goals – Angela Duckworth

9/ Glory: “Unpopularity earned by doing what is right is not unpopularity at all, but glory” - Cicero

10/ Train Your Boredom: “The more boredom that is endured, willingly and with effort, the easier it becomes to handle that boredom” Tinkered Thinker

11/ ALERT!: The most dangerous form of distraction is anything that tricks you into prioritizing the urgent at the expense of the important – Nir Eyal

12/ Malcovich! “If you transform yourself into someone who is able to get inside the minds of others and understand what they’re going through, their emotions, their predicaments, their problems, the whole world will open up for you” – Robert Greene

Health:

13/ Get Those Broccoli Sprouts: Clinical studies have linked the benefits of sulforaphane to a variety of chronic diseases such as autism, aflatoxin toxicity, cancer, air pollution toxicity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes – and much more – Dr. Rhonda Patrick

14/ Neuroplasticity: “What you do with your brain winds up physically changing your brain” Sam Harris


Found My Fitness with Dr. Rhonda Patrick Modern Wisdom with Chris Williamson The Tim Ferriss Show Waking Up with Sam Harris The Reader’s Journey Tinkered Thinking What Got Your There with Sean Delaney James Altucher Show  The Daily Stoic Podcast with Ryan Holiday
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