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9/4/2023
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[Inverted Passion] Notes from the book “Decoding the Why”

Here's a new post on InvertedPassion.com Notes from the book “Decoding the Why” By Paras Chopra on Sep 03, 2023 08:03 am Finished (well, skimmed) the book “Decoding the Why: How Behavioral Science
8/21/2023
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[Inverted Passion] Notes from the book “Magic Words”

Here's a new post on InvertedPassion.com Notes from the book “Magic Words” By Paras Chopra on Aug 19, 2023 07:58 am Just finished reading Magic Words by Jonah Berger and my notes follow. /> 1/
7/24/2023
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[Inverted Passion] Why you will skim this article

Here's a new post on InvertedPassion.com Why you will skim this article By Paras Chopra on Jul 23, 2023 06:30 am Most likely, you're going to read this sentence and hit the back button. Still
5/15/2023
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[Inverted Passion] Don’t sell your soul to the algorithm

Here's a new post on InvertedPassion.com Don't sell your soul to the algorithm By Paras Chopra on May 14, 2023 04:54 am The danger of pleasing the algorithm to go viral is that gradually you
4/24/2023
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[Inverted Passion] Games are problems people pay to solve

Here's a new post on InvertedPassion.com Games are problems people pay to solve By Paras Chopra on Apr 22, 2023 04:18 am Good definitions are powerful. Lately, while reading The Art of Game Design,
3/27/2023
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[Inverted Passion] The Anti-Productivity Manifesto

Here's a new post on InvertedPassion.com The Anti-Productivity Manifesto By Paras Chopra on Mar 25, 2023 04:30 am After a barrage of recommendations on my twitter, I finally ended up reading Oliver
3/6/2023
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[Inverted Passion] Wealth is not money, it’s the things we use money for

Here's a new post on InvertedPassion.com Wealth is not money, it's the things we use money for By Paras Chopra on Mar 04, 2023 03:42 am As an entrepreneur, money is obviously a massive
2/20/2023
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[Inverted Passion] You can only succeed if you know how you can fail

Here's a new post on InvertedPassion.com You can only succeed if you know how you can fail By Paras Chopra on Feb 18, 2023 06:01 am We want to be successful with our decisions. Even though failure
2/13/2023
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[Inverted Passion] Notes from “Ogilvy on Advertising”

Here's a new post on InvertedPassion.com Notes from “Ogilvy on Advertising” By Paras Chopra on Feb 12, 2023 04:53 am This one is a dated book – it describes advertising in the age when digital
2/6/2023
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[Inverted Passion] Startups live and die in a multidimensional landscape

Here's a new post on InvertedPassion.com Startups live and die in a multidimensional landscape By Paras Chopra on Feb 04, 2023 10:54 pm Startups are like heat seeking missiles, except they seek
2/2/2023
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[Inverted Passion] Social media of the future will be human-to-AI, not human-to-human

Here's a new post on InvertedPassion.com Social media of the future will be human-to-AI, not human-to-human By Paras Chopra on Feb 02, 2023 02:43 am 1/ The biggest issue with social media is the
1/23/2023
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[Inverted Passion] Think from first principles before you Google (or ask ChatGPT)

Here's a new post on InvertedPassion.com Think from first principles before you Google (or ask ChatGPT) By Paras Chopra on Jan 21, 2023 01:57 am Like most technologies, search engines are both good
12/26/2022
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[Inverted Passion] Bye 2022. Hello 2023.

Here's a new post on InvertedPassion.com Bye 2022. Hello 2023. By Paras Chopra on Dec 25, 2022 02:36 am This year was intense. Perhaps the most intense one in quite a while. I've been gradually
11/21/2022
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[Inverted Passion] Stop assuming that your customers want things that you want

Here's a new post on InvertedPassion.com Stop assuming that your customers want things that you want By Paras Chopra on Nov 20, 2022 12:04 am Mind projection fallacy happens when we assume that
10/24/2022
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[Inverted Passion] Problem solving via Who not How

Here's a new post on InvertedPassion.com Problem solving via Who not How By Problem solving via Who not How on Oct 24, 2022 02:55 am My notes from the book Who not How. The biggest luxury in life
10/17/2022
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[Inverted Passion] Ask people what they did, not what they will do

Here's a new post on InvertedPassion.com Ask people what they did, not what they will do By Paras Chopra on Oct 16, 2022 04:21 am When it comes to our life and decisions, we're optimistic
10/10/2022
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[Inverted Passion] Never ask your friends or family if they like your idea

Here's a new post on InvertedPassion.com Never ask your friends or family if they like your idea By Paras Chopra on Oct 09, 2022 04:22 am People are generally nice in person. You'd know this if
9/12/2022
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[Inverted Passion] Always seek disconfirmatory evidence

Here's a new post on InvertedPassion.com Always seek disconfirmatory evidence By Paras Chopra on Sep 11, 2022 12:36 am Thinking is expensive for an animal – our brain consumes almost 20% of the
8/29/2022
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[Inverted Passion] Map is not the territory

Here's a new post on InvertedPassion.com Map is not the territory By Paras Chopra on Aug 28, 2022 02:55 am Imagine you are tasked with making a map of the world. How would you go about it? Think
8/8/2022
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[Inverted Passion] You’re probably not a good leader (because being that is hard)

Here's a new post on InvertedPassion.com You're probably not a good leader (because being that is hard) By Paras Chopra on Aug 07, 2022 01:47 am Most entrepreneurs believe that they're good