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15 books you should read every year:

 Think Again by Adam Grant

Lessons:
• We are most confident when we lack competence (Dunning-Kruger effect)
• Admitting that you don’t know something is a superpower
Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss

Lessons:
• Build trust through mirroring and tone of voice
• Take things slowly
1984 by George Orwell

Lessons:
• We are shaped by our circumstances
• Our past is controlled by our present
Deep Work by Cal Newport

Lessons:
• Our attention span is 8-seconds
• Stop working at the same time each day and shut everything off
The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel

Lessons:
• We make decisions based on our context
• Use money to control your time
Breath by James Nestor

Lessons:
• Breath out of your nose, not your mouth
• Slowing down your breathing improves your health
Essentialism by Greg McKeown

Lessons:
• Rate everything from 0 to 100 based on importance. If not greater than 90, don’t do it
• Add a 50% buffer to any time estimate
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Lessons:
• We need to think for ourselves
• Facts are useless without context
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell

Lessons:
• It takes 10,000 hours of intentional practice to become world-class
• The month you’re born in can be an advantage or disadvantage
Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker

Lessons:
• Sleeping less increases the risk of certain diseases
• Tips to sleeping better
Man’s Search for Meaning Viktor Frankl

Lessons:
• We can always choose our attitude
• You can find meaning through suffering
Atomic Habits by James Clear

Lessons:
• How small habits compound
• Form new habits by making them obvious, attractive, easy, and satisfying
To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee

Lessons:
• Don’t judge a book by its cover
• Actions speak louder than words
The Obstacle Is the Way by Ryan Holiday

Lessons:
• How to turn adversity into success
• Accept what you cannot change and change the things you can
Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely

Lessons:
• Free is actually price. Loss avoidance is a huge motivator
• You overvalue what you own (endowment effect)
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1/ Thinking Fast and Slow

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• Probably the best book written on human behavior

• You will learn how to be aware of your own bias

• Make better decisions by understanding your blind spots


2/ The Innovator’s Dilemma

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• Why big companies miss disruptive innovations

• Big companies demand quantification of market size

• Disruptive markets in their infancy can’t be quantified


3/ Zero to One

Lessons:

• Competition is for losers

• Monopolies are actually good

• Large TAM’s are overrated


4/ How to Win Friends and Influence People

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• Business is about people

• You’re selling to people (customers) or hiring people (employees)

• This book helps you get better at both
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Zero to One
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Subject: Strategy and Positioning

Lessons:

• Last can be first
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I went from "shyest man alive" to speaking on stage.

If you're a man struggling with confidence, read this:


I was arguably the shyest man alive.

I feared rejection
I rarely spoke up
I barely made new friends or approached women

People told me to my face "why do you never talk?"

Today I've realized the root of why I was so shy (you may have a huge epiphany moment reading this)...

As humans, we have a strong instinct to be liked by the people around us.

You see, 2000 years ago roaming the earth in tribes, you NEEDED to be liked or else you'd get kicked from your tribe, and face the mountain lions, disease, & conditions by yourself (basically meant death).

My route to achieve this human instinct - to be liked, was speak as little as possible.

Other people take a different route - speak as much as possible.

But at the end of the day, we are all aiming to be liked.

Now, I knew the root cause... how did I overcome this lack of confidence?

1st - you must accept shyness does not serve you.

Once you fully accept this and are open to change, there are 7 keys I identified that helped me become confident.

Here are the 7 keys to confidence:
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🧵 Framework for generating high-impact ideas:

Cultivating ideas is a process.

You have to build a system to cultivate impactful ideas consistently.

I will share a 4-part framework that you can use to cultivate ideas.

1. Idea generation
2. Idea selection
3. Idea validation
4. Idea implementation


In this thread, I'll dive into "Idea Generation" & describe a simple framework that you can implement right away!

The following threads will cover the remaining 3 parts to cultivate ideas.

Lateral thinking is key - first, diverge & then converge.

Overview:


1/ PROBLEM - a question proposed for a solution, a matter stated for examination or proof.

Reframe problems into well-defined & clear "How might we.." statements.
This prioritises intention over tech/process.

But 1st, it is very important to be at the right problem level.

Example problem:
Our customers don't order pizza.

GO NARROW:
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What's stopping customers from ordering pizza?
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Problem statement:
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The basic premise of the book is that history has a direction which favors co-operation and non-zero sum games, and that causes an increase in complexity.


2/ Starting from the first replicating molecule which co-operated with an outer layer to form first proto-cell, evolutionary and cultural history is full of examples where two entities come together to survive and progress a lot more than they would have done individually.

3/ This co-operative entity fares much better than two individual entities because of specialization. If two entities are in the same boat - that they win together or lose together - then trust is implicit.

4/ In a non-zero sum game, trust causes entities to focus on what they do best.

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5/ Some scientists believe that even nucleus in a cell is a result of an early cell merging with another cell.

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2. Both books are beautifully written. Students uniformly enjoy them as assigned reading. They do a great job communicating to non-Indigenous folks the contours of basic Indigenous relationships to more-than-human beings. They’re wildly popular with white readers.

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- Social Quotient (SQ)
- Adversity Quotient (AQ)

1. IQ is the measure of one's ability to comprehend, solve maths; memorize things & recall subject matters.

2. EQ is the measure of your ability to maintain peace with others; keep to time; be responsible; be honest; respect boundaries; be humble, genuine, and considerate.

3. SQ is the measure of one's ability to build a network of friends & maintain it over a long period of time.

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People that have higher EQ & SQ tend to go further in life than those with high IQ but low EQ &SQ.

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