If you don’t understand something, you will be tempted to ignore it, not do it, and write it off as “not for you.” But if you take the time to understand it, and why someone felt the need to invent it, you might change your mind. It filled a gap for someone. Every tool in …
Monthly Archives: April 2020
Test the waters
If you’re not sure about something, but you want to try it, just take a small bite. If you’re not sure how warm the water is, just dip your toe in. If you’re not sure if something is a good investment or not, just invest a little bit at first. You’ll never know by sitting …
Why becoming a millionaire probably isn’t that exciting
Most people who want to become millionaires are probably far away from reaching their goal. People who have become millionaires probably found the experience of moving from having $999,999 to having $1,000,000 a little underwhelming. It’s only a dollar that makes the difference. So. Aim for something closer. Have a plan, not a dream. It’s …
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The Basics
If you can’t walk, then you can’t run. If you don’t sleep well or eat well then even walking becomes more difficult. Do you start cleaning your room only when there’s no room left to walk? Do you stop cleaning your room right when there is enough room to walk? If you went further, until …
You can lead a kid to a bed, but you can’t make them sleep.
You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink. The version of that that I’m living right now is: You can lead a kid to bed, but you can’t make them sleep. You probably have your own version. You can control some things, but not everything. So just do what you …
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What is your job?
One of our sprinkler pipes busted and I called a plumber to see if he could fix it. He was very friendly and told me I might be able to fix it myself—as if I were calling a chef to see if she could come over and cut my carrots for me. He proceeded: “You …
What do you want?
My 2-year-old had a hard time going to sleep last night. She cried, “Daddy!” when she was with her mommy and cried, “Mommy!” when she was with her daddy. We didn’t know what she wanted, until finally she fell asleep with mommy instead of staying up with daddy. You can say whatever you want, even …
Containers
When you’re looking for something, it’s helpful to have containers so that you know where to look within. It’s easy to find your car because it’s in the garage and there are only 2 cars in the garage. It’s relatively easy to find the forks in the silverware drawer because there’s only silverware in that …
Work you love
Many of the people who have made enough money to retire early and just go to the beach everyday don’t do that. Warren Buffett, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg—they keep working at the jobs that made them billions. If you think you’re going to make a lot of money and then retire early, you might be …
Order
Some streets in San Francisco are numbered, which makes it easy to navigate. You know that if you’re on 24th Avenue, then you’re in between 23rd Avenue and 25th Avenue, and that you’re a long ways from 48th Avenue. Other streets are in alphabetical order, like streets that begin with Q, R, S, and T …