May 19, 2024 | #577 | read on the web | Free Version

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"Knowing virtues is like having a map; adopting them is actually taking the journey."

— The highest form of leverage is reputation.

Insights

"Without courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest."

— Maya Angelou

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“The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded that he knows already.”

— Tolstoy

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“People spend too much time on the last 24 hours and not enough time on the last 6,000 years.”

— Will Durant

Tiny Thoughts

The highest form of leverage is reputation.

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Imagine what you could accomplish if you weren't focused on being right all the time.

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Reasoning in public forces discipline of thought.

It's like doing math on the chalkboard in front of the class. Every step must be clear and correct, or someone will point out the mistake. There's no room for fuzzy thinking or skipped steps.

If your reasoning is correct, you have nothing to fear. If it's wrong, you have everything to learn.

TKP Podcast

Abigail Shrier explores if we are doing too much therapy.

"Expectations are one of the greatest things you can give kids because it’s a way of saying, “I have faith in you. You can do great things.""

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Thanks for reading,

— Shane

P.S. I didn't think that was possible.

P.P.S. I gave a talk on Clear Thinking at Sequoia's Base Camp event, which was awesome.

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