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Digging your well before you're thirsty is an underrated skill - be proactive in building whatever tools, skills or resources you will need before urgency forces your hand.
Success is where preparation meets opportunity - so be prepared!
Here's a few tips [Thread]: /1
Success is where preparation meets opportunity - so be prepared!
Here's a few tips [Thread]: /1
Jump in, the water's fine!
The most dangerous thing about swimming isn’t the act of doing so, it’s misjudging your ability to swim in the conditions you’re facing. Your ability to swim is not linear.
Ignore fear. Focus on the variables you can control. /2
The most dangerous thing about swimming isn’t the act of doing so, it’s misjudging your ability to swim in the conditions you’re facing. Your ability to swim is not linear.
Ignore fear. Focus on the variables you can control. /2
Start digging!
Taking that first step requires two things: discipline, and anticipation.
Discipline is doing what must be done.
Anticipation is understanding that to reach your destination, and avoid any obstacles, you’ll need to start moving. /3
Taking that first step requires two things: discipline, and anticipation.
Discipline is doing what must be done.
Anticipation is understanding that to reach your destination, and avoid any obstacles, you’ll need to start moving. /3
Sharpen your edge.
Efficient digging requires efficient tools. Tools only become sharper with friction, and friction takes effort + intentionality.
The easiest path will always be the path of least resistance. You’ll need to train your brain to defy that basic instinct. /4
Efficient digging requires efficient tools. Tools only become sharper with friction, and friction takes effort + intentionality.
The easiest path will always be the path of least resistance. You’ll need to train your brain to defy that basic instinct. /4
Be wary though, excess friction causes damage in the same way that throwing yourself in at the deepest end of a body of water doesn’t necessarily mean that you’ll swim or cope well.
There’s no need to kill yourself. /5
There’s no need to kill yourself. /5
If you push too hard too early, you’ll drown.
When people say they’ve ‘tried that and it didn’t work’, they've likely attempted the hardest version of a task and recoiled when, quite naturally, they didn't yet have the skill or fortitude to be competent. /6
When people say they’ve ‘tried that and it didn’t work’, they've likely attempted the hardest version of a task and recoiled when, quite naturally, they didn't yet have the skill or fortitude to be competent. /6
Build mental resilience by starting at a level where you feel just enough friction to be uncomfortable, but not enough to be arduous.
You can’t run a marathon by wearing yourself out in the first mile. /7
You can’t run a marathon by wearing yourself out in the first mile. /7
Don’t do things simply because others are doing them.
Build systems and processes that work for you based on your individual skills, needs, and goals. Set your own terms.
It’s easy to give into contrast bias when you rely on external barometers of success. /8
Build systems and processes that work for you based on your individual skills, needs, and goals. Set your own terms.
It’s easy to give into contrast bias when you rely on external barometers of success. /8
Dig deeper.
Do more than the bare minimum - the more you prepare in advance, the less likely you are to be surprised by changes in circumstance or lack of creative headroom. /9
Do more than the bare minimum - the more you prepare in advance, the less likely you are to be surprised by changes in circumstance or lack of creative headroom. /9
Consistency is key.
The best time to quit was at the beginning. From then on you’re building up a reserve of compounding returns from each further iteration. /10
The best time to quit was at the beginning. From then on you’re building up a reserve of compounding returns from each further iteration. /10
An experienced farmer who plants the right seeds will still be standing in a seemingly empty field for months to come.
You may look silly for continually pruning skills, knowledge, and habits that are yet to fully mature - but if you want the rewards, stay the course. /11
You may look silly for continually pruning skills, knowledge, and habits that are yet to fully mature - but if you want the rewards, stay the course. /11
Continue to curate your processes - prune your fields; maintain your well.
The harvest may be automatic if the right seeds have been planted, but sufficient care will greatly increase the quality of your output. /12
The harvest may be automatic if the right seeds have been planted, but sufficient care will greatly increase the quality of your output. /12
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The thoughts above are excerpts from Issue 14 of my weekly newsletter.
You can read more here: http://bit.ly/tkissue14
The thoughts above are excerpts from Issue 14 of my weekly newsletter.
You can read more here: http://bit.ly/tkissue14
