23 May Self Reminder on Changing views
Do not be afraid to change your view in fear of embarrassment. Once you see something that disproves your beliefs, write it down immediately because our system forces out things that goes against our ideals....
Author: aloysius chay
15 May Meditations By Marcus Aurelius Notes Dump
Meditations is a series of personal writings by Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor from AD 161 to 180, recording his private notes to himself and ideas on Stoic philosophy. Marcus Aurelius wrote the 12 books of the Meditations in Koine Greek as a source for his...
09 May Nassim Taleb’s Incerto Series Notes Dump
Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s landmark Incerto series is an investigation of luck, uncertainty, probability, opacity, human error, risk, disorder, and decision-making in a world we don’t understand. I find this personally very helpful as humans usually think linearly but most of the time that's not what is...
02 May On taking more accountability
One of the things that Naval Ravikant has been pushing for is taking accountability in your work by putting your name up on it. This is interesting as he believes there is a higher risk but when there is success , you will get the...
25 Apr Beware when listening to financial advice.
We've seen it time and again whereby someone refuses to do their own due diligence and get sorely disappointed when they see their assets dropping in value. Due diligence does not ensure that you do a good investment, but it gives you a peace of...
18 Apr On Timing and Opportunities
In this video ( timestamped ) : Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun shares why timing is king. At 40 years of age, he realizes raw intelligence and hard work is not sufficient. Most education systems teaches execution and intellect as a primary factor to success, which could...
11 Apr On Personal Values ( Value Ladder )
It took me a long time to understand ( to a higher degree ) about how everybody's values are different in life , during different points of their life. I have been wrong on multiple occasions, when I thought it was a no brainer for...
05 Apr On money mindset & experimentation
When I was growing up my parents were very careful with their spending. Classic money scripts like ' every penny saved is a penny earned ' were taught in our household to prevent us from spending excessively ( not that I had enough to do...
29 Mar On Entrepreneurship Risk
Much of entrepreneurship involves losing a bit day by day for potential huge gains in the future. It is not intuitive for most humans as we are not built this way. The inverse however, would be a salary - gaining bit by bit daily. Depending...
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