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How To Be Successful - Sam Altman
I’ve observed thousands of founders and thought a lot about what it takes to make a huge amount of money or to create something important. Usually, people start off wanting the former and end up...
Some examples of people quickly accomplishing ambitious things together.
Deregulating Distraction, Moving Towards the Goal, and Level Hopping
This is the third post in a series discussing my recent bout of productivity. Within, I discuss two techniques I use to avoid akrasia and one technique I use to be especially productive.
A few months ago, a friend of mine was describing her motivational issues to me. As an example, she explained she was having trouble making herself clean her room, despite her dissatisfaction with the constant messiness. I asked: "Have you considered just not forcing yourself?" She blinked, and
Many people seem to think the 'good' state of being, the 'ground' state, is a relaxed state, a state with lots of rest and very little action. Because they think the ground state is the relaxed state, they act like maintaining any other state requires effort, requires suffering. This is
Slack matters more than any outcome
About a month ago Ben Pace invited me to expand on a point I'd made in a comment. • The gist is this: …
Article on the unexpected benefits of quitting your job
6 things I wish I knew the day I started Berklee
6 things I wish I knew the day I started Berklee
All the evidence-based advice we’ve found on how to be more successful in any job
A guide to becoming more successful through greater productivity, faster learning, and better habits, based on what we've found actually works over 15+ years of research.
Don't End The Week With Nothing
A bit of inspiration (and some hopefully actionable advice) for folks who are still working at day jobs.
Finding Purpose - A letter by Hunter S. Thompson
Hunter S. Thompson's timeless wisdom on finding purpose and meaning, written at age 22. Essential life advice for anyone feeling lost or seeking direction.
List of unique travel writing aggregated by patrick collison
Article about what High Agency is and how to gain it
Article on doing what you love, by Paul Graham
David shares how to maximize serendipity in your life through writing. Read here.
Reframe mental health from 'fix the problem' to 'invest in your mental wealth'
Poem about marriage
The days are long but the decades are short
Life advice from Sam Altman
Derek Sivers official site. Thoughts on philosophy, culture, self-improvement. Author of Useful Not True, How to Live, Hell Yeah or No, Anything You Want.
Things Many People Find Too Obvious To Have Told You Already
Thread by @patio11: \"Some people really benefit from hearing advice that everyone knows, for the same reason we keep schools open despite evein them having been taught before. In that spirit, here's some quick Things Many People Find Too Obvious To H […]\"
This is Water - David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace's remarkable 2005 commencement speech, This is Water, is a timeless trove of wisdom for living a meaningful life. Here is a full transcript along with audio.
Nate Soares' argument that you find good plans by slamming a bad plan into reality and updating, not by waiting on the sidelines for a worthy plan to appear.