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What's some great advice you've heard recently?

I've been listening to Naval's podcast based on his tweetstorm.

There's some great snippets of advice in there. Many, for me, are a nod and a reminder, others are new perspectives, then

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    "Good outcomes are only a weak signal of good decisions" - Annie Duke

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      Her book and her interview on Douglas Vigliotti's podcast were both excellent!

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    I've heard a simple quote that just stayed with me to this day and I can't stop thinking about it:

    "We cannot become what we want by remaining what we are." -- Max DePree

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    Enough isn't an amount, it's a decision.
    Heard this on a podcast last week. Can't remember which one, but once I heard it it made me paused.

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    "You always over-estimate what can be achieved in 12 months and under-estimate what can be achieved in 18 months". - unknown
    I found that to be True many times over, so we keep plowing every day.

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    These are my top 5

    The enemy of a good plan , is the dream of a perfect plan
    General Karl von Clausewitz - On War

    -No matter what you do, the bullet with your name on it will get you. So, too, can the ones addressed "To Whom It May Concern".

    -Once you've launched, it is way too late to wonder if this is a good idea.

    -It is a bad thing to run out of airspeed, altitude, and ideas all at the same time.

    There is always at least one person in the competitors camp who's life's dream is to punch your ticket.

    P.S....damn Naval is sooo deep

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    The market-first approach from "Start Small, Stay Small" (1) really stuck with me:

    "Market first approach: market comes first, marketing second, aesthetic third, and functionality a distant fourth"

    (1) https://startupbook.net/ by @robwalling

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    I think one of my favorite advice is also from Naval's podcast. He said something about being patient, which sounds like, "the world is an efficient place. Quick doesn't work here." I don't remember the exact phrase but that really made me think deeply.

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    Sell to humans like a human

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    From the same series of tweets:

    • Play iterated games. All the returns in life, whether in wealth, relationships, or knowledge, come from compound interest.
    • Specific knowledge is often highly technical or creative. It cannot be outsourced or automated.
    • Code and media are permissionless leverage. They're the leverage behind the newly rich. You can create software and media that works for you while you sleep.
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    Just wrote up a fun little blog post on the podcast Naval did with Joe Rogan. So many great pieces of wisdom.

    https://blog.thoughtreps.com/rep-worthy-1-joe-rogan-and-naval-ravikant/

    besides that, this tweet is something I think every indie hacker can agree with. Just starting out, this is definitely something that resonates with me.

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      @rosiesherry thought you might find this interesting:

      Naval retweeted my blog post!

      Pretty sure he retweets everything but it's funny how such a simple thing for him can have such an impact!

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        Oh wow, amazing :)

        I need to write something about him and tweet about it, don't tell anyone, ok? lol.

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      Now, if I could easily import those snippets into my thoughtreps account...

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        Lol I swear that's coming. So many things to do with so little time!

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