great video

talks about how luck plays such a huge part of our lives and how a small increase in luck (even 1%) can largely change the outcome down the road

most that have achieved success tend to attribute it to themselves and overlook the luck aspect of things

always increase your luck surface area and if you have benefited, do it for others too

It’s easier to learn to avoid things that disturb your peace of mind than it is to force yourself to not get disturbed by them

wuwei 无为

Wu wei is a polymorphic, ancient Chinese concept expressing an ideal practice of "inaction", "inexertion" or "effortless action", as a state of personal harmony and free-flowing, spontaneous creative manifestation. 

i really like Naval’s point on how not all books are meant to be finished

once you’ve extracted the key ideas or what you’re interested in from the chapters, just move on to the next

i’ve always been stuck on the idea that i have to complete books to say “i’ve read it”, but it has only led to me stalling on dry books and just overall delaying progress

will practice more intentional reading by skipping to interesting chapters when needed instead of forcing myself to skim through dry content

aiming to clear more books this year (part of my NYR)

that said, just bought 3 more books for my shelves !

as long as the dice is still rolling, you will get your six. for now, we clap for others and show love.

life has never been objectively better and yet subjectively worst

because of our nature to desire

which reminds me of what Naval said,

“Desire is a contract you make with yourself to be unhappy until you get what you want.”

Jensen Huang’s best career advice,

“You have plenty of time.”

something i believe in as well

and the best way to put it is to hustle quietly and let your success speak for itself

there will always be people wishing that you don't succeed, so as to not feel bad about themselves

because you are taking the chance that they never dared to and possibly succeeding in achieving a life that they can only dream of

notice all the jealous folks trying to downplay your hardwork and efforts to "luck", but they've never seen the hours and sacrifices you put in the past years or the ups and downs you had to go through

above all, remember to remain humble regardless of haters

never attribute malice to incompetence

most are simply projecting their presumably miserable lives onto ones that deviated from the norm to pursue their goals (that most had to abandon)

the real ones will support you always

the greatest returns in life are being out of the herd