A batch of the best highlights from what Christian's read, .
When you describe the temporal context of your life in this rich way, rather than just marking off a metronomic sequence of ticks on a straight line, you catalyze narrative rationality. Narrative rationality deals with decisions against the backdrop of an appropriate narrative time, measured by an appropriate narrative clock. As Lenin once remarked, “There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.”
Tempo
Venkatesh Rao
I frequently encounter people in various degrees of distress caused by being stuck or lost, mostly professionally. I offer them all a profoundly optimistic insight. **I believe your present suffering is directly proportional to your future potential.** *I can’t see how it could be any other way*.
What Nobody Tells You
Tom Morgan
The safest way to try to get what you want is to try to deserve what you want. It’s such a simple idea. It’s the golden rule.
Charlie Munger: These ‘Basic Rules’ Made Me Successful in Life—‘with Warren Buffett, I Had All 3’