doing less is more - subtract

https://fxtwitter.com/MindBranches/status/1913291991191900357

quit brainrot. experience life.

not the first time i'm sharing this, but i really really love the message

do life a little different everyday

choose different

gotta drill this into my head

you find out by doing, not thinking
and
experience is the greatest mentor

if you're lost in a forest, you have to walk

reminds me of what my ex mentor told me

“life is a play and you are the director. you can noscript your life.”

don’t take it personally

people believe what they want to believe

photography:
- think in sets
- know your light
- pack light

https://youtu.be/LDPpz_dF9Og?si=RJiBWL2TjxOB8eJk

1. Asymmetry is subjective and personal - what represents +ev to one person may be a terrible gamble to another --> this is why there is a market and explains why successful investing often means taking contrarian positions.

2. Expected value (probability × magnitude) is crucial in asymmetric decisions - for example, venture investors know that if 90% of startups fail, the 10% that succeed must deliver returns of 1,900%+ to make the portfolio profitable.

3. The concept applies beyond investing to all life decisions - from simple examples like spending seconds locking doors to prevent break-ins, to career choices where "table selection" (choosing the right opportunity space) can create outsized returns by going against conventional wisdom.

h/t ash

https://x.com/mrjasonchoi/status/1915047256530771971?s=12&t=2q9OLMlaobNlHLewOXT4uA

have been preaching asymmetry in life to friends all around

"asymmetry is what upside and downside you personally underwrite" is a good way to put it

regardless, when asymmetric opportunities come in life whether career, life, love, or finances, you MUST seize it

If you hold a gun and I hold a gun, we can talk about the law.
If you hold a knife and I hold a knife, we can talk about rules.
If you come empty-handed, and I come empty-handed, we can talk about reason.

But if you hold a gun and I only have a knife, then the truth lies in your hand.
If you have a gun and I have nothing, then what you hold in your hands isn’t just a weapon, it’s my life.

The concepts of law, rules, and morality only hold meaning if they are based on equality. The harsh truth of this world is that when money speaks, truth goes silent, and when power speaks, even money takes three steps backwards.

Those who create the rules are often the first to break them for rules are chains for the weak and tools for the strong.

In this world, anything good must be fought for. The masters of the game are fiercely competing for resources, while the weak sit idly waiting to be given a share.