A batch of the best highlights from what Edwin's read, .
Earn with your mind, not your time.
The Almanack of Naval Ravikant
Eric Jorgenson, Jack Butcher, and Tim Ferriss
To free his people from such crippling fears, Percy Barnevik issued these "General Principles of Management Behavior" when he became CEO of ABB in the 1980s:
To take action (and stick out one's neck) and do the right things is obviously the best.
To take action and do the wrong things (within reason and a limited number of times) is second best.
Not to take action (and lose opportunities) is the only non-acceptable behavior.
Transparency
Warren Bennis
When someone tells you about the peak year of human history the period of time when things were good before things went downhill it will always be the year when they were 10 years old— which is the peak of any human’s existence. Factor that into what they say.