Goodreads
Quotes that stood out:
- In the long term game, we are all baking the pie together, but in the short term game we are cutting up the pie.
- Sharks eat well, but they live a life surrounded by sharks.
- Money buys you freedom in the material world. It will never make you happy.
- To make money, you have to be a:
- High anxiety
- High stress
- Hardworking
- Competitive person for 20-30+ years.
Ideas:
4 types of luck:
- Normal luck, you get a win in the lottery
- Forced luck, you are going around, throwing stuff around hoping something would stick (ex: joining startups, networking with bleeding edge techbros etc)
- Luck sensitivity, you are now attuned to spotting lucky breaks which other people can’t. You are the Oracle, you can now position yourself for the wave before it rises.
- Luck attraction, you attract luck. Other people’s luck becomes your luck. Imagine you have an oil company that specializes in oil extraction. If someone finds oil, it’s their luck, but its also your luck too, since you know you’re the only one who’s gonna get contacted to dig out this oil.