There is a time for adventure, and there is a time to build.

Goals set the direction, not the outcome. This solves the problem of making significant life decisions without knowing all of the details or predicting the future: hungryminds.ca/p/goals-set-th…

Thinking about the second-order effects helps to prevent unintended consequences: hungryminds.ca/p/what-are-the…

Most people will never be at the top percentile of one thing. However, many people can become above average at many things. It is the unique combination of those many things done well that give someone power.

Trust the process: hungryminds.ca/p/trust-the-pr…

"There are two kinds of failure...The first comes from never trying out your ideas because you are afraid, or because you are waiting for the perfect time...The second kind comes from a bold and venturesome spirit." - Robert Greene hungryminds.ca/p/failure-from…

Some projects benefit from early action. If you're writing a book, it's easy to spend a lot of time brainstorming titles and dreaming up an outline, but it's better to simply write. The book discovers itself as you go. Yes, you'll need to go back and organize things, but this is

Although routine and structure are necessary, it is also important to maintain a bit of chaos and uncertainty, to allow for potential and discovery. hungryminds.ca/p/the-barbell-…

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Summarize the Other Side Before Presenting Your Own open.substack.com/pub/hungrymind…

Smaller Organizations Are More Agile: hungryminds.ca/p/smaller-orga…

Avoid General Statements That Only Work for Special Cases: hungryminds.ca/p/avoid-genera…

Updated one of my older notes! hungryminds.ca/p/the-pareto-p…

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Create a System and Let Your Enemies Run It: hungryminds.ca/p/create-a-sys…