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This is your most important decision
An individual can save (way) more than one life by directing some amount of money to the most effective charities and NGOs (which can be 100s and even 1000s times more effective in having a positive impact than the median charity). There are also other avenues for having such a high impact, such as directing your career to tackle the world's bigges... See more
Will MacAskill • Doing Good: A Conversation with William MacAskill (Episode #228)
Three years into his career at Jane Street, he remained fully committed to generating as many dollars as possible and channeling them into the causes that saved lives most efficiently. He’d given away most of the money he’d made on the trading floor to three charities identified by the Oxford philosophers as being especially efficient at saving liv
... See moreMichael Lewis • Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
Finally, here is another useful question used by Peter Thiel: “How successful do you want to be?” Or this variant favored by Tyler: “How ambitious are you?”
Daniel Gross • Talent: How to Identify Energizers, Creatives, and Winners Around the World
The idea that a few things account for most results is not just true for companies in your investment portfolio. It’s also an important part of your own behavior as an investor.