Category: bite-sized
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Lean-In To Absurdity
The success of a unicorn is determined by the quality of its reality distortion field. Nobody stands out merely by having unique ideas. Everybody has unique ideas. People become titans by persistently figuring out how to make their absurd ideas work, while inspiring those around them with an almost feverish commitment to a useful delusion.…
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You Are Not A Fraud
When you are generously and passionately trying to solve a hard problem your relative expertise is irrelevant. New problems and neglected problems, by definition, have no experts. Whoever makes the first move is never qualified. You’re there to do the work because it matters. When you stick your neck out for the projects that others…
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Fall In Love With Failure
The difference between the quitters and winners is being conditioned for the unexpected. When things are handed to us on a silver platter, too much, too soon, our confidence goes up un-anchored to our actual ability. Getting your ass handed to you early and often is a great embodied lesson that things may not manifest…
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The Voice That Never Speaks
All these why’s are incomplete. Whenever you ask a great sounding question it’s easy to forget that the answer is still bullshit. Even the truest seeming stories are at best inspiring delusions coughed up by someone you believe you ought to respect. People often accuse me of being cold or callous, but that isn’t even…
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Plain Sight
Apparently over 90% of Americans are estimated to be deficient in potassium. Why hasn’t anyone done anything about it? The cultural narrative is that salt is bad and that most modern people should eat way less. The counter-cultural idea is that salt is great and you should eat a lot. Which is actually true? A…
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Bite-Sized #1 – Performance/Productivity Pyramid Model
Trying something a little bit different for FourthEye, as an idea I had around how to achieve higher engagement and avoid burning out. My idea was to do little, bite-sized posts where I discuss something like a model or concept that I’m working with, that may not be super polished but just something that people…
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