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34 notes on building, living, and everything in between.
01how to actually give feedback→02balance intensity with reflection→03why your startup will fail (it's not what you think)→04your worst self appears in conflict→05choosing who to build with→06momentum over absolutes→07making big decisions→08decisions for your life, not theirs→09what ambition costs you→10survivorship bias is lying to you→11life as a market→12keep going.→13the art of thinking small→14there's no such thing as free money→15the right city changes everything→16finding mentors who matter→17how the game actually works→18luck: more than you think, less than you hope→19separate the art from the artist→20clarity comes from solitude→21you don't actually know what you actually want→22facing the failures of unconventional decisions→23being smart does not mean you'll be successful→24ambition comes from either a pursuit of status or the necessity of survival→25happiness requires unhappiness→26to deviate from the mean, you have to be ok with being temporarily misunderstood→27your "why" is your first step. the hardest step is doing whats necessary→28there are 8 billion people on this planet, but few experience deep relationships & companionship→29distribution is a distraction→30taste is a muscle→31everyone has an edge→32happiness = reality - expectation→33your lifelong vision may not relate to your career's magnum opus→34leverage status and money, but don't let them define you→