⏱️ Are you doing the thing?
💡 2 THOUGHTS FROM ME
I. There are many things you can do that keep you from doing the thing while making you think you are doing the thing.
None of these things are actually doing the thing:
Preparing to do the thing
Scheduling time to do the thing
Thinking about the thing
Telling people you’re going to do the thing
Reading about the thing
Watching videos on how to do the thing
Buying stuff to do the thing
Dreaming about the thing
Strategizing on how to do the thing
The only thing that is doing the thing is doing the thing.
Do the thing.
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II. A question to help you better synthesize your life:
If a competent CEO got to run your life for a day, what’s the first thing they would eliminate?
Improving your life is easier than you think. You don’t need to change everything—in fact, trying to do that would be overwhelming and unsustainable.
But you can stop one thing that is decreasing your quality of life.
And the best part? You probably already know what that CEO would eliminate.
Will you listen?
💬 2 HELPFUL QUOTES
I. Jacob Falkovich on what to do when you’re late:
“If you think you’re running 10 minutes late, text to say you’ll be 15 minutes late. That way the other person gets one disappointment and one pleasant surprise. Most people do the opposite: they say they’re 5 minutes late when it’s 10 and end up annoying the other and looking like total fools.”
II. Dr. Benjamin Hardy on how your decisions affect your life:
“Your current self is the product of your past decisions. Your future self will be the product of your present decisions.”
📖 1 BRIEF BOOK REVIEW
This book wasn’t what I expected, but that’s probably on me. It explores people who live “on the edge,” or as Silver puts it, “in the river.”
A significant portion is dedicated to poker—how it works, the probabilities, and various strategies. It also delves into sports betting, cryptocurrency, venture capital, and other gambling-adjacent industries.
As a side note, it reinforced my belief in the dangers of sports betting. Unless you're a professional, your chances of making money long-term are virtually nonexistent, while your chances of losing money and running into financial problems are quite high.
The book is engaging and conversational, but at over 460 pages, it feels unnecessarily long. I learned a lot, but unless you're already deeply interested in these topics, getting through it might be a challenge.
If it were half as long, my rating would be much higher, but as it stands, it dragged on too much for me.
4/10
