No one can compete with you on being you. Most of life is a search for who and what needs you the most.

would love to be paid purely for my judgment, not for any work.

Basically, when you’re competing with people, it’s because you’re copying them.

How do you define wisdom? Understanding the long-term consequences of your actions. [11]

“If you secretly despise wealth, it will elude you”?

Technology democratizes consumption but consolidates production. The best person in the world at anything gets to do it for everyone.

Leverage comes in labor, comes in capital, or it can come through code or media.

When I talk about specific knowledge, I mean figure out what you were doing as a kid or teenager almost effortlessly. Something you didn’t even consider a skill, but people around you noticed. Your mother or your best friend growing up would know.

Your real résumé is just a catalog of all your suffering.