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It’s really important to be able to uncondition yourself, to be able to take your habits apart and say, “Okay, this is a habit I probably picked up when I was a toddler trying to get my parent’s attention. Now I’ve reinforced it and reinforced it, and I call it a part of my identity. Does it still serve me? Does it make me happier? Does it make me healthier? Does it make me accomplish whatever I set out to accomplish?”

The Almanack of Naval Ravikant

Eric Jorgenson, Jack Butcher, and Tim Ferriss

Cornered Resource. The crucial step in Intel’s microprocessor victory came when they reacquired the rights to their invention from Busicom, which they accomplished three years prior to takeoff. Had Intel not regained these microprocessor rights, another company would have wielded this Power over them, possibly preventing them from ever entering this business.

7 Powers

Hamilton Helmer

If we lived in a world where there was no uncertainty in our financial future, we would not need the concept of Expected Utility to weigh the different possible outcomes. If all investments produced risk‐free returns, if we knew how much we'd earn in our jobs and for how long, if we knew exactly how long we and our loved ones would live (and how many of them we'd be loving), if income and estate tax policy were immutably fixed, then we could just fill in the cells of a spreadsheet for how we'd like to spend our financial and human capital for the rest of our lives.

The Missing Billionaires

Victor Haghani and James White

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