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- WRITE DOWN as much as you can about what you are deciding on.
- GET BACK to learn from it.
"The Attribute of Greatness: Decision Log": read.perspectiveship.com/p/decision-log
               
            
            
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                The Attribute of Greatness: Decision Log
                Your biggest mentor isn't someone else. It's the person you used to be.
            
        
    
    
            Our memory isn't the best tool for analysing the past.
We subjectively interpret reality, and most importantly, we forget!
We forget a lot!
There's one tool that can help with that: a decision log
More in the article: read.perspectiveship.com/p/decision-log
               
            
            
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            What if AI replaces everything that you do starting tomorrow?
What if you were fired tomorrow?
What if you have more time?
Run a thought experiment!
More on this mental model in today's @perspectiveship.bsky.social article: read.perspectiveship.com/p/thought-ex...
               
            
            
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                On Planning and Winning the Week
                Get things done by balancing the supply of time with the demand of tasks.
            
        
    
    
            It’s Friday, and you’ve just finished work.
Did you win or lose this week — in your own perspective?
The week was intense, but it’s hard to say what you actually achieved.
Good planning can help with this:
Article about winning your weeks: read.perspectiveship.com/p/winning-th...
               
            
            
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            Making mistakes [Feelings x Timeline]:
PAIN -> Now, when you realise it's a mistake
REGRET -> Near future
LAUGHTER -> Distant future
I encourage you to travel to the "Distant Future" as soon as possible.
My take on making mistakes: read.perspectiveship.com/p/mistakes
               
            
            
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                Make Mistakes Cheap, Not Rare — Art of Making Mistakes
                The shifted perspective on making mistakes.
            
        
    
    
            "When the cost of mistakes is high, we’re paralysed with fear.
When the cost of mistakes is low, we can move fast and adapt."
— Shane Parrish
This great quote was the basis for the latest @perspectiveship.bsky.social article: read.perspectiveship.com/p/mistakes
               
            
            
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            Simplified timeline of feelings about the mistake you made.
The key is to go to the LAUGHTER stage as soon as you can.
More about the perspective on making mistakes in the latest @perspectiveship.bsky.social article: read.perspectiveship.com/p/mistakes
               
            
            
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                Make Mistakes Cheap, Not Rare — Art of Making Mistakes
                The shifted perspective on making mistakes.
            
        
    
    
            "Make mistakes cheap, not rare."
Since childhood, I was convinced that mistakes are deeply negative things, and it felt like it. But my relationship with making mistakes has changed completely:
I wrote about "Art of Making Mistakes" in the latest article: read.perspectiveship.com/p/mistakes
               
            
            
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                Evolution - Mental Model: AI-voiding Extinction
                Species adapt, or they go extinct.
            
        
    
    
            Afraid of AI?
Will some jobs go extinct because of new technologies?
Yes, for sure.
It happened before.
Many times.
It's up to you.
Evolution advises us to focus on ADAPTATION.
It can help as a mental model for survival.
I wrote an article about it: read.perspectiveship.com/p/evolution
               
            
            
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            I spent 5+ hours studying how Uber computes ETA, so you don't have to. 
Here's a summary of what I learned:
               
            
            
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            The best leaders I’ve met have the courage to openly admit their mistakes.
People are much more willing to admit mistakes if leaders set an example by doing so themselves.
For more insights, check out the full article “On Making Mistakes”: read.perspectiveship.com/p/on-making-...
               
            
            
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