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"Three Times Wiser" is a newsletter about big ideas, mental models, brain bugs, and principles of wise thinking. This thread will be updated on a daily basis. Subscribe here for more insights and never miss an update:
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Still the simple best explanation of what machine learning is compared to classical programming.
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Peace of mind is the highest wealth.
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Jerry Seinfeld nailed it, self-control is empathy with your future self.
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Fantastic summary of the most effective learning techniques based on research study findings:
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Whenever you're stuck in a disagreement, come back to this: Are you arguing over what's factual, what matters, or what works?
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Plan before acting. A few hours of strategic thinking can dramatically improve execution efficiency.
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Don’t talk about problems you have no intention of solving.
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Friendly reminder. If you ever lose your temper it is your fault. Always. Your emotional responses are never the responsibility of any other human being.
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Low motivation is a sign that you are performing for someone else.
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To discipline your mind, write down your ANTs (automatic negative thoughts) and ask yourself if they are true.
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Take your M.E.D.S. * MEDITATION. It's easy to be constantly doing with no time to be. * EXERCISE. Our body needs to be stretched. It's a use it or lose it. * DIET. Food for energy which builds and augments rather than destroys. * SLEEP. Get the correct amount, feel great.
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Your neighbor's success is not your failure.
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Take full ownership of all outcomes in your life, regardless of external factors.
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The goal of school is compliance, not curiosity.
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Some guiding principles for a good life:
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Jeff Bezos' heuristic for hiring:
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If you read only one thing about status games, this should be it:
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Stop finishing books you don’t enjoy.
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The amount of growth you will experience in your life depends on how much uncertainty you can handle.
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Keep in mind the 'Gottman ratio’ if you want to improve your relationships.
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Tomorrow is overrated. Today is underrated.
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"Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art." — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec Things I want my child to know about life, a THREAD:
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The single best thing I've read this year on how to improve a company.
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Find a job that values your productivity, not your attendance.
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"Never take advice from someone who doesn’t have to live with the consequences." — Mark Cuban
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Discipline is the strongest form of self-care.
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Be happy for no reason, like a child. If you are happy for a reason, you're in trouble, because that reason can be taken from you.
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Stagnation is easy, change is hard.
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Waking up in a silent house, Making your own coffee or tea, Enjoying the beautifully intricate fullness of the morning silence, While remaining calm, collected and unbothered by all outer and inner noise, Is a slice of heaven.
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The world is changed by your example, not by your judgments.
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You don’t need the best idea, you need the best execution.
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When I was six, I asked my father: "Dad, what happens after we die?" "No one knows," he said calmly. "No one has come back to tell us." This was the perfect answer. It didn’t assert religion, nor did it disagree. It didn’t scare me, nor did it comfort me. It kept me curious.
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The more expensive the wedding, the quicker the divorce.
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A healthy person has three signs of well being: a fit body, an efficient mind, and a calm soul.
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Let money be the consequence of your efforts, not the objective.
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Procrastination means we fail to manage our emotions, not our time.
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Satya Nadella on leadership:
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Only a man who loves to prove himself wrong is the true seeker of knowledge.
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School doesn't teach you how to think, it teaches you how to think like everyone else.
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You don't win the game by playing fair. You win it by designing a new game in which you own all the pieces, then convincing the world to play.
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If you can learn to be patient in a very impatient society, you win.
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Ergodicity might be the most underappreciated concept to truly comprehend success, risk and longevity. It is not performance that is the most important factor for long-term performance but survival. True champions aren't just the fastest, but the fastest among those who endure.
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The best framework for mastering your schedule: 'Performance Time'.
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"Man is the most insane species. He worships an invisible God and destroys a visible Nature. Unaware that this Nature he’s destroying is this God he’s worshiping." — Hubert Reeves
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1/ Information is rare and hides in pockets as it battles the universe’s perennial march to disorder: the growth of entropy.
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If you don’t guard your time, everyone will waste it for you.
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The Circle of Responsibility
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Teach children how to think, not what to think.
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"Working hard for something we don't care about is called stress. Working hard for something we love is called passion." — Simon Sinek
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"The real question is not whether life exists after death. The real question is whether you are alive before death." — Osho
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A gem form the LessWrong community: 'Humans are not automatically strategic.' "A large majority of otherwise smart people spend time doing semi-productive things, when there are massively productive opportunities untapped."
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To achieve big things later, you need to start doing small things now.
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Your whole life is governed by your relationship with yourself. Your relationships with others is just a reflection of your own internal syntax.
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Reality is actively constructed by the brain, not passively recorded by it.
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Instead of trying to predict what will happen, become someone who is ready for anything.
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"Data isn’t the new oil, it’s the new CO2."
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If you lose your money, you can often earn it back. But if you misuse your time, you can never get it back. Where you put your time shows the world what you really value and believe.
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Make time for your family. Make time to exercise. Make time to create. Make time to read. Make the time.
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Knowledge gained through curiosity is way different than knowledge gained through obligation. Do not stand in the way of a child's curiosity. It is her greatest asset.
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The more time you have, the more time you waste.
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Be slow to believe what you most wish should be true.
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The trap in life isn’t that you will fail, it’s that you will never try.
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Be the person you want to be for the first 60 minutes of each morning. It will change your life.
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Life is never boring when you are curious. You cannot experience both feelings at the same time.
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"My philosophy is: It’s none of my business what people say of me, and think of me. I am what I am, and I do what I do. I expect nothing, and accept everything. And it makes life so much easier." — Anthony Hopkins
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In order to find truth, you must want it more than you want to be right.
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Humans tell themselves three grand lies: memories, thoughts and expectations. Memories are a distortion of the past. Thoughts are a distortion of the present. Expectations are a distortion of the future.
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Stop learning by consuming, start learning by creating. Stop learning by researching, start learning by doing. Stop learning by listening, start learning by talking. Stop learning by reading, start learning by writing.
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Don’t try to change anyone. People don’t change, unless it is self-determined.
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Most people have replaced achieving their life dreams with TV, partying, and social media.
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A fascinating insight into how top performers handle bad days.
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We like to think of ourselves as rational beings that act emotional sometimes, but we’re actually emotional beings that act rationally sometimes.
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Whoever fears to suffer, already suffers what he fears.
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Knowledge is cheap, curiosity is priceless.
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Don’t be afraid of discomfort, be more afraid of comfort.
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How do you move forward? One step at a time. How do you lose weight? One kilo at a time. How do you write a book? One page at a time. How do you build a relationship? One day at a time. In a world obsessed with speed, never forget things of real worth and value take time.
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Never underestimate the power of keeping a not-to-do list.
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Life is all about unlearning in the second half what you learned in the first part.
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Being happy is a pointless goal. It’s simply a side effect of doing something you enjoy.
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Sleep is one of the lowest cost investments you can make in tomorrow.
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Things you learned in school that you need to forget: * Grades are more important than knowledge. * The key to success is obedience and conformity. * Your individual interests are largely irrelevant. * Social hierarchies are rigid and hard to break.
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I find it incredible how Andre Agassi maintained such precise control over his game. In the pursuit of excellence, every detail matters.
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When you don't want anything from people, they lose their power over you.
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If you run out of ideas: go do things.
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It confuses people if you don't want anything from them.
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The majority of us are leading a mediocre life just to have more money.
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@naval Only the person doing the loving actually feels the love. You can only feel love in proportion to which you can give love.
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If you didn’t earn it, you’re probably not going to know how to keep it.
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It’s the small habits, How you spend your morning, How you talk to yourself, What you read, What you watch, Who you share your energy with, That will change your life.
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Powerful anecdote on mastering the mental game from golf legend Jack Nicklaus. A glimpse into the champion's mindset:
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The best place to work isn’t a place, it’s a state of mind.
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LeBron's early struggles. A glimpse into the mind of a champion.
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Master the art of doing things you don’t feel like doing, and you’ll go quite far.
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The ultimate test of your knowledge is your capacity to transfer it to another.
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It takes sweat to work, but only saliva to criticize.
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If you can start the day without caffeine, If you can relax without liquor, If you can sleep without the aid of drugs, If you can resist treating a rich friend better than a poor friend, Then, congratulation, you have reached the same level of development as your dog.
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To get a loan, you need to prove that you don’t need a loan.
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Our parents don’t see us as we are; they see the kid they remember. Our friends don’t see us as we are; they see the friend they remember. Only a stranger met on your travels sees you as you truly are right now.
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How to communicate your vision effectively?
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Routine is necessary for efficiency, breaking routine is necessary for adaptation.
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