Some Things I Think

A lot of people seem to have a necessary level of stress, and when their life is going well they make up imaginary problems to fill the void.

“People like you more when you are working towards something, not when you have it.” - Drake

Logic doesn’t persuade people. Clarity, storytelling, and appealing to self-interest do.

Nothing leads to success like unshakable faith in one big idea, and nothing sets the seeds of your downfall like an unshakable faith to one big idea.

A good test when reading the news is to constantly ask, “Will I still care about this story in a year? Two years? Five years?”

“It’s good to have people in your life who you don’t want to disappoint.” - Buffett

Past performance increases confidence more than ability.

The same traits needed for huge success are the same traits that increase the odds of failure. We should be careful praising winners or criticizing failures, because they often made similar decisions with different degrees of luck.

The best measure of wealth is what you have minus what you want. (By this measure, some billionaires are broke.)