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Avid Weekly Ideas #9 – 7 Lessons from a Roman Emperor

September 5, 2020 By theavidbookreader Leave a Comment

Avid Weekly Ideas #9 - 7 Lessons from a Roman Emperor

Time itself is constantly moving forward and thus changing. If time didn’t move forward, the world would pause to a standstill. There would be no music (changing pitch over time). There would be no acceleration (changing velocity over time)…

Filed Under: Ancient Wisdom, Avid Weekly Ideas Tagged With: Bible, J.R.R. Tolkien, Marcus Aurelius, Ray Dalio

Avid Weekly Ideas #7 – The Principle of Working on Your Machine

August 18, 2020 By theavidbookreader Leave a Comment

Avid Weekly Ideas #7 - The Principle of Working on Your Machine

One aspect of life that always struck me as fascinating is the fact that we are born with no “operating manual.” Imagine if you bought IKEA furniture and there was no manual showing you how to assemble it…that would be a challenge wouldn’t it? Or at least it would make your life at that point unnecessarily difficult. Yet human life on earth is vastly more complicated, and here we are without any operating manual.

Filed Under: Avid Weekly Ideas, Being More Effective Tagged With: Bible, Jordan Peterson, Ray Dalio

1% Smarter #18 – A Time for Learning and a Time for Earning

August 9, 2020 By theavidbookreader Leave a Comment

1% Smarter #18 - A Time for Learning and a Time for Earning

If you are in a dilemma as to what your next career move should be, a useful touchstone test would be to ask yourself “is it time for me to earn or to learn?”

Filed Under: 1% Smarter, Effective Decision Making Tagged With: Bible, Mark Suster, Warren Buffett

1% Smarter #17 – The Inversion Principle

August 4, 2020 By theavidbookreader Leave a Comment

1% Smarter #17 โ€“ The Inversion Principle

Invert, always invert: Turn a situation or problem upside down. Look at it backward. What happens if all our plans go wrong? Where don’t we want to go, and how do you get there? Instead of looking for success, make a list of how to fail instead – through sloth, envy, resentment, self-pity, entitlement, all the mental habits of self-defeat. Avoid these qualities and you will succeed. – Charlie Munger

Filed Under: 1% Smarter, Mental Models Tagged With: Bible, Charlie Munger, Hippocrates, James Clear, Marie Kondo, Stephen Covey

1% Smarter #8 – Preparing for a Big Occasion? Why Worry When Worrying Won’t Change a Thing?

February 12, 2019 By theavidbookreader Leave a Comment

Why Worry When Worrying Won't Change a Thing?

Think about a professional football player stepping up to take a penalty kick in a World Cup Final. He has done this 1000 times before in training. Under normal circumstances he could score the goal with his eyes closed. But under the circumstances the pressure is too great. The weight of the world is on his shoulders. So he capitulates and misses.

Filed Under: 1% Smarter, Mindset Tagged With: Bible, Tim Ferriss

1% Smarter #7 – Putting Things into Perspective – The Number of People in the World

February 10, 2019 By theavidbookreader Leave a Comment

Putting Things into Perspective - The Number of People in the World

It took over 200,000 years of human history for the world’s population to reach 1 billion; and only 200 years more to reach 7 billion. That is an astonishing example of exponential growth.

Filed Under: 1% Smarter, Putting Things into Perspective Tagged With: Bible

1% Smarter #5 – Ancient Chinese Parable – Sai Weng Lost His Horse

January 20, 2019 By theavidbookreader Leave a Comment

Ancient Chinese Parable โ€“ Sai Weng Lost His Horse

The moral of the story is that life by its very nature is capricious and unpredictable. Our concepts and beliefs regarding luck and misfortune are very limited since we can never see the big picture nor predict the future.

Filed Under: 1% Smarter, Ancient Wisdom Tagged With: Bible

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