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But as the saying goes...
Premature optimization is the root of all evil
— Donald Knuth
Try out everything?
This could take a lifetime.
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Try whatever comes?
On average this takes several lifetimes.
Leaders Eat Last
by Simon Sinek
Arousal addiction
(not about sexual arousal)
Addiction to new, stronger stimuli.
e.g. by setting bigger and bigger goals.
Discipline
Baby Elephant Syndrome
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Young elephant gets tied to a tree by a thin rope which it can’t break.
As an adult, it is constrained by the same thin rope and it doesn’t break free.
Because it learned it is no use to even try.
TOOL: Daily Heroism
[Philip Zimbardo]
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Take a small step out of your comfort zone.
Daily.
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Why?
- grows your ability to act, step out of the crowd
- supports fulfilling your vision and maintaining discipline
It makes the elephant jump before it realizes
the hole is too deep for comfort.
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My Heroism
Game of smalltalk
- chat up random people
- do it before you rationalize a reason to back out
Real world
is complex and ever-changing.
Mental model
is our understanding of the world and its rules.
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Mental models have varying levels of objectivity,
i.e. how much they correspond to reality.