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If you’re not sure about the level of stakes in your story, simply ask yourself:
• Would the audience want to hear my next sentence?
• If I stopped speaking right now, would anyone care?
• Am I more compelling than video games and pizza and sex at this moment?
If the answer to any of these questions is no, you need to raise the stakes.
Storyworthy
Matthew Dicks
I only believe in peer relationships. I don’t believe in hierarchical relationships. I don’t want to be above anybody, and I don’t want to be below anybody. If I can’t treat someone like a peer and if they can’t treat me like peer, I just don’t want to interact with them.
The Almanack of Naval Ravikant
Eric Jorgenson
None of the 2,000 books picking apart Buffett’s success are titled This Guy Has Been Investing Consistently for Three-Quarters of a Century. But we know that’s the key to the majority of his success. It’s just hard to wrap your head around that math because it’s not intuitive.
There are books on economic cycles, trading strategies, and sector bets. But the most powerful and important book should be called Shut Up And Wait. It’s just one page with a long-term chart of economic growth.
The Psychology of Money
Morgan Housel
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