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Go deep on things. Become an expert. In particular, try to go deep on multiple things.
patrickcollison.com • Advice · Patrick Collison
Seeking Wisdom: From Darwin to Munger, by Peter Bevelin.
Ferriss, Timothy • Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers
Writer Hugh Walpole on being a generalist and a specialist:
“The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and a thousand other things well.”
“The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and a thousand other things well.”
James Clear • 3-2-1: On confidence, the power of going first, and being a generalist
Learn at least the basics of the realm you’re operating in, while acknowledging that you’re a Stranger, not a Lifer. However, keep in mind that basic information is easy to obtain and often gives the acquirer an unwarranted confidence.
Rhiannon Beaubien • The Great Mental Models Volume 1: General Thinking Concepts
Dan Sullivan is the cofounder of Strategic Coach, the number one entrepreneurial coaching company in the entire world. Dan has trained tens of thousands of the very best entrepreneurs to become even better. He helps his entrepreneurs clarify their “Unique Ability”—the activities that bring them the most excitement and energy and produce the biggest
... See moreDan Sullivan • Who Not How: The Formula to Achieve Bigger Goals Through Accelerating Teamwork
LNO: Framework to prioritize time. There are leverage, neutral, and overhead tasks, where you get 10x, 1x or < 1x output. You should focus your best and the most hours on leverage tasks. Delegate or strike N and O tasks. The same activity can be all three depending on the context and how you execute it. Track L, N, O tasks.
Substack • Shreyas Doshi on pre-mortems, the LNO framework, the three levels of product work, why most execution problems are strategy problems, and ROI vs. opportunity cost thinking
I read for understanding. So with a really good book, I'll flip through it. I won't actually read it in consecutive order. I might not even finish it. I'm looking for ideas and things that I don't understand. When I find something really interesting, I'll reflect on it, research it, and then when I'm bored of it, I'll drop it or I'll flip to anothe... See more
Joe Rogan • #1309 - Naval Ravikant
You're among the very best in the world, and can't believe it. You're worried someone else out there is better, and you're underplaying your skills, not overplaying them, and you're constantly looking for new edges, because you presume there just must be someone out there that's even better.
Sam Hinkie • Find Your People
Many people seem to do work which is unrelated to their area of study or their prior roles. But dig a little deeper and it’s often the case that knowledge from the past informs their present. Marcel Proust put it best: “the real act of discovery consists not in finding new lands, but in seeing with new eyes.” Interdisciplinary knowledge is what all... See more