This Week I Learned #63
“Go to bed smarter than when you woke up”
2019-08-12
Book: Skin in the Game by N.Taleb: Per the minority rule, the intolerant minority is stable. It's stable in that a small minority will influence the rest. Very much like cyanide. A drop of cyanide makes the entire pool of liquid poisonous. Some minorities are tolerant and some are not. If the minority group is intolerant, then you cannot …………………
2019-08-13
Learning from Peter Attia's podcast with Annie Duke (Neuroscientist/Poker champion) on decision making.
1) Evaluate the wins. Its common stance to analyze times of i) bad process = good outcome i) good process = bad outcome. But what about the times of good process and good outcome? Most people write it off assuming they did all…..
2) Skill vs. Luck. Luck is…………
2019-08-14
Reread Derek Siver's book: Anything You Want: 40 Lessons for a New Kind of Entrepreneur. Couple quotes that struck me on the third reread.
"When you're onto something……
"In the end, it's about what you want to be, not…………
2019-08-15
"Come for the tool, stay for the network" wrote Chris Dixon (Investor @ Andressen Horowitz). Using a single-player tool……..
2019-08-16
Pascal's Wager: Per the French Mathematician, physicist. If God was real…….
2019-08-17
"…………" - Steve Blank, Entrepreneur and starter of lean startup movement.
2019-08-18
"…………..." - Cato the Elder, Roman soldier, senator and historian. Avoid the status-seeking game. Most times it's unsubstantial and results in more points for objection (by those who matter).