Inspiration
It's only recently that I've realized the importance of positive reinforcement. I used to consider it a crutch, but I've frequently seen how elite performers use similar devices to keep them focused — mood boards, retweets, books on performance.
- How to invent the future — Part 1 | Alan Kay | Part 2
- There's no speed limit | Derek Sivers
- Fast | Patrick Collison
- Taking Pleasure in Being Wrong with Buck Shlegeris (Clearer Thinking podcast)
- Becoming a magician | Autotranslucence
- Inventing on Principle — video | Bret Victor, transcript
- Advice | Nabeel Qureshi
- Principles | Nabeel Qureshi
- My weekly review habit | benkuhn.net
- How to be more agentic | Cate Hall
- 95%-ile isn't that good | Dan Luu
- Learn by writing | Holden Karnofsky
- Mapping the Unknown — The Ten Steps to Map Any Industry | Steve Blank
- Productivity Advice (curated) | Zhengdong Wang
- Reality has a surprising amount of detail | John Salvatier
- Always Do Extra | Ben Northrop
- Build a Team that Ships
- Give it five minutes | Signal v. Noise
- Some things I believe | Nat Friedman
On Speed
Sometimes magic is just someone spending more time on something than anyone else might reasonably expect. — Teller
As you become an adult, you realize that things around you weren't just always there; people made them happen. But only recently have I started to internalize how much tenacity everything requires. That hotel, that park, that railway. The world is a museum of passion projects. — John Collison
The best way for you to learn the truth is learn a bunch of small truths like every single week right like it's basically compounding right like yeah you you learn one new thing every week then you have new followup question you design you experiment you come back next week you have more truth and by the end of like six months you learn so much about the world that you know what the company should be. — Aravind Srinivas