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When we look at a representation of reality, we can choose to either see it as descriptive or as prescriptive. Descriptions teach us, but they also give us room to innovate. Prescriptions can get us stuck.
— Descriptions Aren't Prescriptions
TKP #95
Code Cubitt has an interesting origin story. After being kicked out of University twice he still managed to graduate and quickly climbed the VC ranks for several prominent companies before starting a venture program of his own. Learn how he evaluates founders, his decision making process, common mistakes companies make as they scale and much more. (Apple | Spotify | YouTube | or get a transcript.).
EXPLORE YOUR CURIOSITY
"Desire is a two headed snake. On one end, it cultivates anticipation and on the other it cultivates fear. Positive outcomes build anticipation and negative outcomes build fear from desire. Some people are attached to the high of anticipation and some are attached to the lows of fear. In both cases, reality slips by unnoticed in the background." — Anticipation: Mind's Hype Machine
"is suddenly changing your mind really a mark of insight? Major revelations make for memorable stories, but our research shows they rarely represent how the best analytic minds revise their beliefs. Rather than doing a 180, those who excel at making accurate predictions tend to change their beliefs gradually. They revise their predictions to reflect new information, but they do so slowly, comparing it with the information they had before." — How the Best Forecasters Predict
"These life lessons taught me that we need very little in life to make us happy, provided we have that frame of mind to enjoy whatever we have." — Ronald Paul Ng
A QUOTE TO THINK ABOUT
"When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too."
— Paulo Coelho in The Alchemist
TINY THOUGHT
The only real shortcut in life is to understand it backwards.
It's easier to solve a maze backwards and the same holds true with life.
Learn from people further down the path than you and make their hindsight your foresight.
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Stay safe and I'll see you next week,
Shane
P.S. This is amazing.
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