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A1. Introspective
True Philosophy Is To Be Practiced When It'S Less Convenient
Use Whatever Befalls Us In A Wise Manner
We Do Not Control Ourselves When Busy
There Is No Virtue In Enduring Things We Don'T Feel
The Importance Of Feeling Lost
The Need To Put Down Amazing People When Complementing Them
The Tendency To Find A Scapegoat For Our Problems
The Deception Of The Insincere Question
The Brain Is Most Creative When You Don'T Tell It What To Do
Weakness Is Seen In Our Unsettlement By Something External
Stop Complaining About What You Perceive As Lacking In The World
Take Actual Action To Arbitrage A Situation
Sharpness Leaves But Learning Stays
We Take The Path Of Least Resistance
We Understand Humility As A False Idea
Rewarding Good Actions
We Feel Pleasure From Anger
We Live Under Delusions Of Control
Remember To See Through Verbose Language
Reducing The Downsides Of Pleasures
Reading Books And The Density Problem
Reality Stressors Are More Important Than Reading Stressors
Protecting Your Character From Crisis
Procrastination Must Be Embraced
Pride Blunts Our Ability To Grow
Overestimating The Obstacles Of The Present
Our Actions Are Influenced By Association
Our Character Augments Itself When Successful
Obstacles As Opportunities
No Injury Lasts As Long As The Self Inflicted
Mental Clarity, Courage, And The Influence Of Our Ills
Mistakes Get Worse Once You Try To Correct Them
Master Your Disposition Rather Than Your Surroundings
Living In The Present Implies Courage
Let Go Of Your Legacy To Create A New One
Labeling Idiots And Geniuses
Is This Alive Time Or Dead Time
Keep Your Projects Out Of The Conversation
Intolerance Towards Inconsistencies
Insults Hurt Because They Have A Degree Of Truth
Injury Is Bearable Through Excellence Of Character
In Order To Be Great, You Need To Play Like The Greats
Hating An Individual Makes You Loose Perspective
Hating Something Is Avoiding To Arbitrage
Handling Death And Avoiding Lament
Good, Bad, Wrong, Right Are Second Order Labels
Everything Starts From 1% Improvements
Evaluate Yourself Against Your Past
Environment Affects Your Disposition To Activities
Do Not Label Externalities As Good Or Bad
Do Not Let The Transgression Of Another Infect Your Character
Do Not Allow Pain To Dominate Your Character
Discipline Advice Suffers Density Problems
Dealing With Pains
Creating Conclusions From First Impressions
Being Misguided By Our Own Narratives
Causes Trump Statistics
Avoid Developing A Pseudo Passion In Your Area
Becoming Truly Free
Action Is Needed To Evaluate The Procrastination Filter
Advance Through Actions And Don'T Look To Prove Yourself
A2. Social
Repulsion Of The Moralizer
Revulsion Of Acting Like A Brute
People Judging Others To Be Arrogant Or Intelligent
Power In Words
Prefer Skills Over Nepotism
Protect Your Reputation Against Rumors
People Don'T Learn From What They Hear, But What They Experience
Play Into Another'S Feeling Of Superiority
Poetization Of Your Presence
Outshine The Failing Master
Open Through Lack Of Completeness
Open Yourself In Order For Effective Seduction
Mastering The Bold Move
Mixing Pleasure With Pain
Make Cinema Out Of Your Idea Or Exposition
Make Masters Feel Superior To You
Friends Are Corrupted By Undeserved Power
Keeping Up The Excitement Of Others
Loyalty And Following Being Asymetric
Flattery And Flowery Language
Keep People Dependent On You
Do Not Provoke Others With Your Wording
Find The Key Interest In Another Person And Talk About It
Isolating The Victim
Keep An Air Of Mystery In Action
Develop A Genuine Interest For Real Friends
Discussions Can Never Be Won
Guard Your Reputations As Your Life Depends On It
Immediately Admit When You Are Wrong
Convincing Involves Communicating Their Interests
Covering Lies With Constant Speech
Give People Something To Tunnel Vision On
Giving Criticism Is Useless
Conceal Your Intentions
Control The Complaints Of Others
Gaining The Upper Hand On Liars
Breaking Seduction By Having No Sense Of Time
Carefully Tailor Honesty
Gain Control By Making Others Feel Strong
Bore Of An Inability Of Self-Sacrifice
Friendships That End Have A Sucker In Them
Avoid The Unhappy And Unlucky
Avoid Trying To Convince Charlatans
Bait Others To Come To You
Associating Your Image To The Glamorous Past
Avoid Being The Victim Of The Insecurity Of A Master
Always Say Less Than Necessary
An Authentic Smile Causes A Nice Mood
Appeal Towards Others' Self Interest
A Counter For Selective Manipulation
"I Think" Detracts Value From Your Word
Your Reputation Is Harmed Most By What You Say To Defend It
Win Through Actions, Never Through Argument
When Abscence Is More Than Presence
Using Spiritual Lures
Valuing A Person Through Impressions
Use Existing Enemies To Your Benefit
Use Mirrors To Make People Feel Comfortable In Their Acting
True Generosity Is Not An Investment Strategy
Turn Enemies Into The Best Of Friends
The Seduction Of Insinuation
Thread Carefully If You Are Known To Be Deceitful
Throw Enemies Off With Patterns
The Rarer Or Harder To Get The More Desired
The Problem With Unabashed Honesty
The Pursuer Is Pursued
The Appeal Of Realizing Others' Fantasies
The Art Of Insinuation
The Appeal Of Danger And Rakey Behavior
Temptations And Barriers
The Antithesis Between Charm And Nerdiness
Taking Credit Is Often More Important Than The Invention Itself
Suspense And Drama Buildup
Take The Credit From People That Came Before You
Surround With The Sensational And Scandalous
Start Conversation With Agreements
Stir Up The Transgressions And Taboo
Show And Prove Yourself
Show The Little Things
Selective Honesty Distracts People
Send Mixed Signals
Seduction By The Dandy
Seduction Depends On Suggestion
Seduction By The Charmer
Seduction By The Coquette
Seducing By Becoming An Ideal Lover
Seduction By The Charismatic
A3. Knowledge
Winning Arguments And Winning
We Often Try To Override Our Natural Inclinations Without Trying To Work With Them
What Is Irrational Under Uncertainty
Vandalism Of Ideas, Prostitution Of The Intellect
Verbal Threats Lack Skin In The Game To Be Significant
There Is Natural Admiration To True Virtue
The Problems With Soulless Writing
The Rereading Illusion
The Scope Of Knowing Knowledge
The Perils Of Modern Philosophy
The Predictive Problem Of Newspapers
The Problem With Copying The Habits Of Geniuses
The Misunderstanding Of Learning And Training
The Illusion Of Massed Practice
The Inability To Learn From What You Know
The Asymmetric Risks And Outputs Of Professions
The Dangers Of The Failure Of Perspective
Scientific Ideas And The Lindy Effect
The 4Th Type Of Luck
Recognizing Faults In Thinking
Retrieval And Spaced Repetition
Rationality Is Independent Of Narrative Explanations
Real Books Cannot Be Summarized
Private Life That Conflicts With Intellectual Opinion
Most Of What We Understand Are Approximations To The Truth
On The Difference Between The Fool, Nerd, And Wise
More Information Leads To More Delusions
Let There Be A Difference Between You And The Books
Intervals In Spaced Repetition
Learning From The Economy Or From Economic Theory
Ideas That Survive Promote Survival
Implying Arrogance When Showing Humility
Hidden Craziness Of Peer Reviews
Everything Is Straightforward Until You Face Risk
Follow The Contrary Of A Role Model
Glamor Often Deceives Us About The Thinking Of Others
Do Not Treat Your Inferior Like You Wouldn'T Like Your Superior To Treat You
Do Not Trust The Advice From Advice-Givers.
Differences Between Our Ideal And Reality On Human Behavior
Distinguishing Between The Wrong And The Mistake
Detecting Fraudulent Behavior
Being Rational About Rationality
Conventional Learning Is Often Wrong
Become A Student And Stay A Student
Aphorisms Force You To Change Reading Habits
Avoid Overrating Your Experiences
Addiction Has Skin In The Game
Admiration Should Go Towards Things That Never Change
4 Types Of Luck
Academics Take Refuge In Writing
A4. Management
Let Others Win Trivial Matters
Inheritance With Lack Of Education Collapses
Having A Single Extreme Success Is The Only Thing That Matters
Having Financial Plans With Margins Of Error Is Essential
History Cannot Be Used To Predict The Future In Finances
Dependability Has Skin In The Game For Employees
Finding The Early Adopters Of Your Product
Going From 0 To 1 In A Startup
Decisions In Finances Are Not Free
Businesses That Can Be Replicated Quickly Are Bad
Consequences Of Not Finishing
External Constraints That Plague The Trial And Error Process In Business
Families Participate In Self Dramatization
Fast Businesses Cannot Be Limited In Their Potential Growth
Avoid The Extremes On Financial Plans
Bad Foundations Condemn A Company To Fail
Businesses Live But Brands Prosper
Evaluating Risk Takers Using Lindy
Administrators And Managers Kill A System'S Skin In The Game
Avoid Competition At All Costs
Ensuring Unity Using The Rhodian Law
Equity And Commitment
Actually Learn From Iterating Your Product
Donโt Take Unnecessary Risks
A Need For Risk With Trial And Error
Accumulation Of Hidden Risk From Business Contractors
We Need To Set Limits To Our Monetary Ambitions
We Overestimate What People Think Of Our Material Belongings
We Should Think Reasonably Rather Than Rationally On Finances
We Cannot Draw Certain Conclusions From The Experience Of Successful People
We Constantly Change Our Financial Objectives
We Create Narratives Over Things We DonโT Understand To Deceive Ourselves
Transfer Of Risk In A Profession Due To Bad Accountability
Trial And Error Testing Can Occur Outside The Product Itself
We Are Too Pessimistic About Finances
The Uncertainty Of The Customer In Startups
The Stressor Holding Down The Recovery Period
The Repelling Force From Our Call To Action
The Problem With Cash Compensation
The Opportunity Of Crises
The Power Of Compounded Interest In Finances
The Lack Of Skin In The Game In Managers
The Client Is The Risk Taker For A Product
Stressors Make Us Rationalize Out Of Doing The Right Thing
Striving To Be A Monopoly
Spending Is The Opposite Of Being A Millionaire
Startups Are Not Lottery Tickets
Startups Are The Key To Innovation
Save 10% Of What You Earn
Save Money, Even If Its Not Necessary
Saving Is More Important Than Earning Money
Reach Will Determine The Fate Of A Business
Routines Accumulate Hidden Risks
Progress Cannot Be Evaluated Through Comfort Or Safety
Optionality In The Trial And Error Process
People That Play Different Games In Finance Deceive You
Peoplesโ Perspective On Money Varies By Experience
Models And The Expectation Of Customer Behavior
Money Gives You Freedom
On Rejecting Old Business Principles
A5. Systems
The Existence Of Static Inequality
The Emergent Intolerant Minority
People That Build Systems Require Skin In The Game
The Cost Of Specialization
Old Religions Reinforce Rational Action
Opportunity Behind So Called "Risk"
Natural And Effective Systems Are Guided By Survival Stressors
Misplaced Skin In The Game Of Civil Servants
Markets Are More Complex Than The Individuals That Compose It
Intolerant Minorities Add On Complexity
Managing Risks With Bureaucracy
Hidden Risks In Specialization
Influence Of State Scale In Inequality
Complexity Of The Collective And The Individual
Bureaucracy Breeds Hidden Risk
Books; References
Atomic Habits
Direct Truth
Ego Is The Enemy
How To Think Like A Roman Emperor
How To Win Friends & Influence People
K. M. M.
Kapil Gupta
Letters From A Stoic
Make It Stick
Meditations
Nassim Taleb
Naval Ravikant
Psychology Of Money
Skin In The Game
The 48 Laws Of Power
The Art Of Seduction
The Bed Of Procrustes
The Great Estate Developer
The Lean Startup
The Millionaire Fastlane
The Obstacle Is The Way
The Prince
The Richest Man In Babylon
The War Of Art
Thinking, Fast And Slow
Zero To One
Categories
Seductive Process
Self Interest
Spectacle
Startups
Stirring Interest And Desire (S-I)
Stoicism
Stressors
Success
Taboo
Temptation
Tension
Thinking
Value
Variability
Via Negativa
Victim
War
Win
Wisdom
Work
Writing
Dependence
Discipline
Downside
Drama
Education
Ego
Evaluation
Experience
Exposure
Externalities
Failure
Financial Freedom
Flag*
Flexibility
Friends
Genius
Glamor
Hate
Humility
Ideas
Illusion
Image
Influence
Insecurity
Judgement
Knowledge
Labels
Laziness
Lindy
Luck
Management
Manipulation
Mastery
Mistake
Money
Moral
Moving In For The Kill (S-Iv)
Narratives
Nature
Obstacles
Opportunity
Overestimate
Pain
Personal Finance
Perspective
Persuasion
Pleasure
Power
Predicting
Problem
Procrastination
Products
Profit
Progress
Proving
Rationality
Reading
Reality
Recall
Repression
Resistance
Risk
Routine
Seduction
Academia
Action
Advice
Anti-manipulation
Anti-seduction
Appreciation
Arbitrage
Argument
Arrogance
Asymmetry
Audal Project
Belief
Bias
Black Swans
Bold
Books
Business
Characters Of Seduction
Communication
Complacency
Complaint
Complexity
Conclusions
Control
Conversation
Courage
Create Pleasure And Confusion (S-Ii)
Creativity
Deceit
Deepening Through Extremes (S-Iii)
Density Problem
๐Story
S โ Wesson And The Art Of Making A Client Work For Their Product
S โ Roman Slaves Taking Care Of Finances
S โ The Fox, The Wolf, And The Exposure To Stressors
S โ The Husband And The Six Flaws And Flowers
S โ Rockefeller Propelling His Employees Further
S โ Hoover's Plane And The Mechanic
S โ Khazars And The Search For The Ideal Religion
S โ Epictetus, Pain, And Excellence Of Character
S โ Benjamin Franklin's Letters And The Absence Of Credit
I โ The Indomitable Human Spirit
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1. Introspective
2. Social
3. Knowledge
4. Management
5. Systems
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For Attraction By Abscence
For Complex Systems
For How We Handle Praise To Other People
For Illusions In Knowledge
For Interests In The Density Problem
For Problems Related To Perception Of Academics
For Problems Themselves
For Risk Takers Vs Non Risk Takers
For The Negatives Of Employees And University Students
For The Problem Of Newspapers And Reader Memory
For Thinking About Prescriptions
For Understanding Generational Change And Maturity
For Understanding Negation And Its Uses
For Understanding The Problems That We Face When Understanding Religion And Authority
For Seneca And His Preservation Of The State
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