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@ Karnage
2023-04-23 23:30:54The following are random bits of wisdom I've collected over the years. Some right, some wrong. Some not mine, you may recognize it. Some I've come to realize - that perhaps millions others did before me. Some common sense. You may laugh, already know it all, or not. If it's helpful to one person, I'll consider it a win 🙌
- Surround yourself with people who are smarter than you.
- To get things done, focus on one big thing or the day. Don't worry about lists and the small details.
- Meta marketing = talking about grown on a platform where your audience hangs out. Since everyone else wants to grow too, you gain visibility without even selling your thing. Great if your product happens to help people grow.
- Package and sell knowledge. No matter how dumb it may seem, it'll probably be helpful to someone. Books, ebooks, courses, products, software are all forms of knowledge packaged for sale.
- Having a network around you is a lot more important to success than who you are or what you know.
- The world is incredibly complex, even the simplest things are not so simple.
- Take advantage of compounding effect. The sooner you start investing, the larger your investment grows over time (especially towards the end of the timeframe). Or bitcoin 🤷
- Never judge a person, unless your intuition tells you they mean harm.
- How founders win at startups = ship fast, talk to customers, fail quickly, stay in the game.
- Many people in positions of power are just faking it. They truly have no idea what they are doing
- The drive to avoid pain is greater than the drive to seek pleasure. Humans will do anything to avoid pain - hence why so many people don't do anything with their life - afraid of "failure".
- In sales, generally speaking, benefits sell better than avoiding losses. e.g. don't talk about savings, talk about new revenue.
- Hopping jobs is often the fastest way to get a pay increase.
- If you don’t like the rules, change the game. Everything is in your power. Just don’t break laws in the process.
- You are your worst critic. Silence your critical self and you can accomplish what you set out to accomplish. Whatever doubts, fears or uncertainties you have, it’s all in your mind. Conquer that, and the rest will fall in place.
- Always save for the future. Put away some amount always, even if it seems insignificant. A little bit over time can add up to a lot.
- Don’t try to do it all on your own. Delegate, find people you can trust and have them do parts you don’t have the time for.
- Don’t let notifications /distractions ruin your life. Command your attention, turn off notifications, news, social media.
- Sleep at least 7 hours a day to live longer. Sleeping less, for most people means literally losing years of their life.
- Sleep on it. When you have a hard problem ahead of you, a challenge you can’t fix or a work problem you can’t overcome, think about it hard before you fall asleep. When you wake up, you’ll have a solution. The human man is a lot more capable are piecing things together in our sleep.
- Step away from computers often, go for long walks or exercise.
- Buy experiences, not things. Things fade, memories last a lifetime – until one gets Alzheimer’s that is.
- To influence, ask for help. People love it when you ask them for help – it makes them feel important. If you want to gain someone’s attention, ask for help.
- Ignore haters. Life is full of them, they are just not worth your very limited time on this planet.
- The best time to start is earlier, the 2nd best time is now. If you have something you want to accomplish, start on it RIGHT NOW. If the task is unsurmountable, take it one little step at a time.
- This is your life in years, don’t waste it on pointless things: [birth]XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX[90th bday]
- To become a master, copy other masters. Only when you have reached their level, you can create something original. When it comes to seeking permission, tell, don’t ask. Asking puts you in a subservient position, where telling enlarges your stance. “I’m going on vacation next month” vs. “May I have vacation time next month?” “Here is my rate” vs. “How much can you pay?”
- Anchoring effect – when compared to something large or small, the desired option is easier to accept. For example, if you have a service that costs $40,000, mentioning $450,000 before bringing up the 40k will automatically make it feel less threatening in the person’s mind. It’s a lot easier to sell something that costs $20 when compared to $200, than when compared to $1.
- Eliminate mundane daily decisions. “Which shirt to wear?” Automate your decision process so you never have to waste energy on things that don’t matter.
- Schedule your time. Every minute of your life costs something. Think of wasted time as lost opportunity. Put important events on a calendar and stick to that schedule. If you find that you don’t have time for something, schedule it on the calendar and make yourself unavailable for other activities during that time – focus on that one task.
- Opposite of previous advice, don’t schedule anything. Just clear your calendar and don’t write anything down. Do the most important things right away, the others will take care of themselves.
- Take extremely good care of your health. You will regret deeply if you don’t. Don’t eat bread, refined carbs, sugars – they literally cause cancer. Avoid bread, pasta, sweets, processed carbs (crackers, chips, cereal etc… ) whenever possible. Carbs cause inflammation, and the body is not designed to handle inflammation well.
- Your body is an organism, if you want it to thrive, you have to feed it well.
- Move on quickly. Dwelling is absolutely pointless and only wastes more time.
- Always charge your worth. Never do anything for free unless you are volunteering your time for a good cause.
- Add value to everything – people’s life, your job, your business, your investment, your relationship. Adding value is a skill that must be practiced but pays dividends in the long run.
- When someone tells you something personal, listen. Really listen, don’t offer advice, just shut up and listen, they didn’t come for advice.
- Take advantage of professionals – get help when needed. Don’t be cheap.
- You get what you pay for – really. If it’s cheap, chances are its shit, but be weary of scammers & marketing bsers who disguise quality with price. Avoid branded products unless you feel they offer real quality over alternative. Luxury brands are almost never worth it and are a complete waste of money unless money is no longer an object in your life.
- For easier habit formation, make the activity easily accessible.
- When you're young, say yes more often for opportunities, when you're older protect your time and be more selective in what you agree to. Perfectly normal to say No to most things.
- Doctors fuck up all the time and thousands of people die because of their mistakes.
- Hospital-acquired infections are very common and often deadly.
- Incentives power the world. If you want to understand why something is the way it is, look for the underlying incentive.
- Science is supposed to be questions constantly, that's the whole point. "Trust the science" is an oxymoron.
- All media is biased. Choosing to use one word over another introduces bias to the story, no matter how hard you try not to. The best thing is to take everything lightly and collect stories until you have a broader picture from various sources. Even then you're likely to have the wrong framing and facts! I just ignore all media.
- Never chase happiness for it is always fleeting. Find satisfaction in the long term and aim for joyful moments.
Have your own bits of wisdom? I'd love to hear them! Or, you can call out bs if you see it here 🤗