Tony Zhang

The best way to quit is believing there are BETTER ways to get THERE

Knowing why you are doing it is not how to keep doing it

Knowing why this is the best way doing it keeps you working at it

Be thankful to this

Happy Thanksgiving!

when healthy struggling happens:

Creating a b&w hypothetical exit to lie to oneself there is no reason to struggle

Or taking the moral high ground to lie to oneself that it’s nobler to be fully responsible to potential negative consequences than be responsible to the decision making process

Best not buying anything from neighborhood convenient store

Interesting contrast

8 years ago PDD/Temu has discovered there are 400m connected population never shopped online and released simplest form of shopping experience: H5 with one merchandise per page and you can buy with your family and friend

2024 will become global No 2 GMV only after Amazon

Your money - your obligations = your freedom

Seek what you’re genuinely interested in and create a condition that you can focus consistently on it

Only two goals in life should be at the highest priority

Principles developed out of personal experience become biases

Principles developed out of biases become believes

Principles developed out of imaginations become dreams

Principles developed out of conspiracies become cult culture

Principles developed out of proven theories become mental model

A wonderful day consists the minimal of:

One thing you consistently do build your core competency: things that move the needle

One thing you hate doing but have to: things prevent disaster

One thing you look forward to in the future: things bring surprises in life

When you design a process and aim for order you become fragile

Something like perfect training wheel for the bike or a safety jacket feels like nothing

Instead design a process and aim for anti-fragility

Something like learn to ride a bike or swim

Ambiguity in established knowledge creates confusion and can be manipulative

Ambiguity at the edge of innovation stimulates creativity

All conversations are negotiations and all choices made are trade-offs

Appreciate the trade-offs enhances your tolerance to ambiguity

Those who raised up with everything handed over to them or limited choices with clear distinctions have low tolerance of ambiguity

Good feature to add to the tool for automation 😅

Science teaching is more important than ever

I also attracted by this 😀

Keeping curiosity is resisting spiritual growth