Ever been unsure how much money to spend on something?

Try this framework:

No: you don’t actually want/need it

Investment: you maximize value per dollar

Commodity: you minimize dollars spent

Enjoyment: you maximize absolute value

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“When a person can't find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure.”

— Viktor Frankl

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If you want to create behavioral assets that tell stories for you in the future, you have to pay the price of appearing weird in the present moment. Your personal brand is defined by your weirdness, eccentricities, and irrational behavior. If you remove them in order to fit in with the tribe, you remove all future stories and memories that tribe will tell about you.

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Karina stolz

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Opportunity only looks like opportunity looking backwards.

Today it looks like risk.

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Karina stolz

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A three-question approach to combat procrastination:

"Do I have to do this?"
"Do I want to have this finished?"
"Will this be any easier later?"

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Karina stolz

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The corollary of being interested in a great range of things is to have sympathy with a great range of outlooks” -- and that, my friends, is why reading is so important

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Karina stolz

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One of the best things you can do for good mental health in the long run is, learn the difference between "feeling better" which involves temporary fixes & spontaneity, and "getting better" which comes from taking time to work through your emotions gradually.

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Karina stolz

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You won't find love just because you chase people out of loneliness.

You won't get wealthy just because you chase money out of insecurities.

You won't get creative just because you chase ideas out of a desire to get things done quickly and be done with it.

Love comes to you when you love yourself, invest in yourself, become someone that people will enjoy the company.

Wealth comes to you when you stay curious, invest in your mind, become a valuable person capable of making smart long-term decisions.

Creativity comes to you when you learn to relax under pressure, enjoy your daily life, become someone who can have fun expressing who they are.
Stop forcing the outcome and focus on the process.

Orange books
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When friends ask me for advice, my new default is:

"What would you advise a friend in this situation?"

I listen to their reply and say "that's my advice".

It's often better than anything I could've said because they have more context than me -- they just needed detachment.

George mack

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