Peter Thiel on advice to his younger self:
“My advice for you — the advice I wish I could have given my younger self — is this: Before getting swept up in the competitions that define so much of life, ask yourself whether you even want the prize on offer.”
Peter Thiel on advice to his younger self:
“My advice for you — the advice I wish I could have given my younger self — is this: Before getting swept up in the competitions that define so much of life, ask yourself whether you even want the prize on offer.”
Peter Thiel on advice to his younger self:
“My advice for you — the advice I wish I could have given my younger self — is this: Before getting swept up in the competitions that define so much of life, ask yourself whether you even want the prize on offer.”
Peter Thiel: "To make money you have to do two things: (1) create something of value to the world, and (2) capture some fraction of the value you create."
Steve Jobs on Death:
“Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.”
“You appear, have a chance to blaze in the sky, then you disappear.”
"Four steps: choose a field, learn enough to get to the frontier, notice gaps, explore promising ones. This is how practically everyone who's done great work has done it, from painters to physicists." - Paul Graham
Peter Thiel: "To make money you have to do two things: (1) create something of value to the world, and (2) capture some fraction of the value you create."
"Four steps: choose a field, learn enough to get to the frontier, notice gaps, explore promising ones. This is how practically everyone who's done great work has done it, from painters to physicists." - Paul Graham
Sam Altman: "Most people do whatever most people they hang out with do. This mimetic behavior is usually a mistake—if you’re doing the same thing everyone else is doing, you will not be hard to compete with."
“Health, love, and your mission, in that order. Nothing else matters.”
Here are a few of my takeaways from the Almanack of Naval Ravikant:
(A guide to wealth and happiness)
"Four steps: choose a field, learn enough to get to the frontier, notice gaps, explore promising ones. This is how practically everyone who's done great work has done it, from painters to physicists." -- Paul Graham
Sam Altman: "You can get to about the 90th percentile in your field by working either smart or hard, which is still a great accomplishment. But getting to the 99th percentile requires both."
"Four steps: choose a field, learn enough to get to the frontier, notice gaps, explore promising ones. This is how practically everyone who's done great work has done it, from painters to physicists." - Paul Graham
Peter Thiel: "To make money you have to do two things: (1) create something of value to the world, and (2) capture some fraction of the value you create."
Sam Altman: "Most people do whatever most people they hang out with do. This mimetic behavior is usually a mistake—if you’re doing the same thing everyone else is doing, you will not be hard to compete with."