questions to ask yourself

in a world where it’s never been easier to do nothing, doing something becomes extraordinary

always ask, but never expect

You have one life, don't settle for mediocrity

> the true test of intelligence is if you can get what you want out of life
a) getting what you want
b) wanting the right things
- society is often running on mimetic desire and following paths or chasing goals that aren't theirs. wanting the right things is questioning if something is what YOU truly want, instead of society or friends.

> secretary theorem in life
- to pick the best secretary out of a 100, go through the first 1/3 and use the best as a benchmarket, before settling on equivalent or better in the remaining 2/3 of candidates
- applicable in jobs, cities, dating, and life in general

> 10,000 iterations, not hours to mastery
- iteration is not the same as repetition. iteration involves error correction. do, fix, improve, repeat. 10,000 iterations to mastery.

> we're hardwired to be pessimistic biologically from living in jungles
- however, modern society is no longer linear. it is more forgiving of failure with massively compounding upsides.

> be skeptical about specific things and optimistic in the general
- the number of failures don't matter, because it is just a small bump in the long run. learning experience. as long as you iterate and cut losses quickly. be optimistic that you will eventually find the right match.

> once you've found the right thing, go all in
- explore quickly and iterate until you find the right thing. be willing to move all your chips to the centre of the table and go all in to compound.

> labels like introvert, extrovert, pessimist, optimist, are self-limiting
- humans are dynamic and will be flexible in different scenarios.
- look at problems at hand objectively without self labels from a third party pov.

> motivated reasoning is the worst kind of reasoning
- you will not find truth from motivated reasoning. it causes clouded judgement due to self looping of our identity or labels.

adaptation is intelligence.

full 3h podcast here, will be taking my time to consume it

v excited to digest this

https://youtu.be/KyfUysrNaco?si=eNB1Qr9pYKLM_ldk

don’t attribute malice to incompetence

pretty much sums it up and it has been helpful in remaining stoic / not offended

opportunities

if joy is not in the little things first, the big things won’t fully find us

to be a man is to be of surplus value

to add value in every aspect of life and to leave this world in debt to you

from:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1Fme79UmBNks6htr65pczH?si=K1wW256KRnKHB1IDf5rGZQ&t=6932&context=spotify%3Acollection%3Apodcasts%3Aepisodes

i do agree with one of the comments

years ago, i thought vlogs were for narcissists as well

but as i get older, i find myself wanting to revisit memories and finding myself regretting not taking more videos/photos in the past just because im camera shy

great inspiration to start vlogging

time to capture more moments, whether you end up posting them or not

i wonder what’s the balance between being in the present and capturing memories