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