2025-08-15 19:43:00
If wisdom is understanding the long-term consequences of your actions, judgment is applying that wisdom to make better decisions.
Judgment, in effect, is applied wisdom.
2025-08-14 19:41:00
“Wisdom is understanding the long-term consequences of your actions.”
I came across this in one of Naval Ravikant’s notes.
I love pithy articulations of the meaning of difficult-to-articulate ideas.
A recent such definition was Alfred Adler’s definition of happiness as “the feeling of contribution.” That resonated deeply.
This one resonated just as much.
2025-08-13 19:17:00
Every week, I do a “kneeling isometric” for 30 seconds on each leg as part of my mobility practice.
It is amazing how much of a burn one can experience within just 30 seconds.
It’s similar when you are in a plank. Stay long enough and you feel your core burn.
Isometrics are hard because your muscles work intensely to stay in position. With no movement to distract us, we feel the burn immediately.
They test the mind as much as they test the body.
Isometrics are a great reminder of the fact that resilience and grit are not flashy. They’re often built with stillness, and the ability to stay present while enduring discomfort.
2025-08-12 19:16:00
Spend as much time preparing to leave a project as you did when you prepared to get onboard.
This means ensuring context is captured, keeping relationships intact, and enabling the team to keep the momentum going.
Our beginnings get the ball rolling. Our execution on the project builds momentum. And the quality of our exit determines how much of that momentum is sustained.
Every beginning will inevitably have an ending. No surprises there.
Both matter equally – best to give endings their due.
2025-08-11 19:16:00
Much of character building is learning that we can either choose to be at the mercy of our moods or consistently choose action that transcend moods.
Moods are fleeting.
Our character is built when we do what we said we’d do… despite how we feel.
2025-08-10 19:48:00
When someone gives you advice, keep asking why till you understand the framework behind the advice.
That will help you understand if (a) the framework applies and (b) you find it useful.
It is a wonderfully effective way of separating the signal from the noise.
(H/T: Bret Taylor)
