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