I’ve got some athletes who do best on 70% carbs, 20% protein, 10% fat. But they deserve their carbohydrates. They’ve got a great pancreas, they’re in- sulin-sensitive, blah, blah, blah, they’ve got a...
Hard choices, easy life. Easy choices, hard life.
Hay siete preguntas que Peter recomienda que se formulen a sí mismos todos los fundadores de startups. Consulta su obra De cero a uno
From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds by Daniel C. Dennett.
The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.—Bertrand Russell
Have you ever watched kids On a merry-go-round? Or listened to the rain Slapping on the ground? Ever followed a butterfly’s erratic flight? Or gazed at the sun into the fading night? You better slow d...
Hay algo muy raro en una sociedad en la que toda la gente con más talento es guiada hacia los mismos centros de elite, donde acaban estudiando la misma cantidad reducida de asignaturas y llegando a un...
The genuine love for reading itself, when cultivated, is a superpower. We live in the age of Alexandria, when every book and every piece of knowledge ever written down is a fingertip away. The means o...
Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy by Bertrand Russell Complexity and Chaos by Dr. Roger White The Lily: Evolution, Play, and the Power of a Free Society by Daniel Cloud
What you study is more important than how you study. Students are subordinate to materials, much like novice cooks are subordinate to recipes. If you select the wrong material, the wrong textbook, the...
Everyone is going to binge on a diet, for instance, so plan for it, schedule it, and contain the damage.
A goal without real consequences is wishful thinking. Good follow-through doesn't depend on the right intentions. It depends on the right incentives.
Sports just happen to be excellent for avoiding foreign-language stage fright and developing lasting friendships while still sounding like Tarzan.
Someday is a disease that will take your dreams to the grave with you.
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I wil...
I tend to split my activities into fun, income and legacy. The number of things in that finance bucket is pretty few and far between and doesn't consume much time at all.
Simple works, complex fails.
Swaraj, a term usually associated with Mahatma Gandhi, can be translated as self-rule. Think of it as charting your own path.
So the goal isn’t to get good ideas; the goal is to get bad ideas. Because once you get enough bad ideas, then some good ones have to show up.
If you hit two crappy pages, even if you never use them, you can feel successful for the day. Sometimes you barely eke out two pages, and they are truly terrible. But at least 50% of the time, you’ll...