Sunday snacks: On content, education and tasks
Hey Friends đź‘‹ Happy Sunday,
Here are 4 ideas from me, 3 Ideas from others, and one question to consider this week...
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Few Ideas From Me
I.
At the Content game, You replace competition with Authenticity.
If someone sees you in camera, or meets you in person, there should be no difference.
II.
If you want do something more seriously, do it publicly.
Publishing an article pressures you to think more clearly than writing in a diary would every do.
Presenting on any topic pressures you to learn it more than speaking infont of a mirror would ever do.
Social pressure forces you to up your game.
III.
The pain of "not taking an action" hurts longer than the pain of incorrect action.
IV.
We become what we consume.
How we think comes from the content we consume, the Youtube channel we follow, the twitter handle and the books we read.
Few Ideas From others
I.
Naval Ravikant, Co-founder of Angelist, on what had rendered our current education system out-dated:
Now we have the Internet, which is the greatest weapon of knowledge ever created, completely interconnected. It’s very easy to learn. The ability to learn, the means of learning, the tools of learning, are abundant and infinite. It’s the desire that’s incredibly scarce. I think if it’s purely learning you’re after, learning can be done much more either on your own or through the Internet or by uniting through the Internet with like-minded groups.
There used to be no such thing as self-guided learning. Now, if you actually have the desire to learn, everything is on the Internet. You can go on ​Khan Academy​. You can get MIT and ​Yale lectures​ online. You can get all the coursework and get interactivity. You can read blogs by brilliant people. You can read all these great books.
II.
Naval Ravikant, Co-founder of Angelist, on how we prefer to see winners:
We prefer to see “winners” as “naturally talented” rather than “hard working”. Because if it were reversed, what would that imply about us?
Source : ​Twitter​
III.
One of My Favourite Book of All time, Atomic Habits by James Clear, on how hard our tasks should be:
The Goldilocks Rule states that humans experience peak motivation when working on tasks that are right on the edge of their current abilities. Not too hard. Not too easy. Just right.
Source : ​Atomic Habits By James Clear​
A Question For You
When was the last time you checked your following? Who are the people you follow, what are the podcasts you listen to. Are they related to your goals? Do they add any value? Are they worth your attention?
That's it !! Until Next Week,
Yash xx
