5 things worth sharing this week:
- I’m trying to be like fat Tony. In Nassim Taleb’s books, Taleb writes about one of his alter egos, whom he coins fat Tony. Fat Tony is someone who has street smarts. Overall, Tony has a common-sense approach to life. Fat Tony isn’t concerned about being right; he’s concerned about making a buck, or in other words, he’s less concerned about winning the argument and more about winning in life. Fat Tony doesn’t care about theories; he cares about results. Here is some more of Fat Tony’s wisdom from Nassim Taleb’s book Skin in the Game: Always do more than you talk. And precede talk with action. For it will always remain that action without talk supersedes talk without action. Much better to be like fat Tony than the intellectual yet idiot who thinks and theorises, yet never does anything worthwhile. I’m trying to be more like fat Tony because I believe we all have a fat Tony in us. I don’t care about being an intellectual. I care about winning.
- I’m going on a 30-minute walk every morning. If you’re like me and crave discipline and routine, this can be a game-changer and help you muster the discipline needed for the rest of your day.
- Some thoughts on survivorship bias. Just because doing something a certain way has worked for someone else, it might not work for you. When looking for systems and methods to achieve results, ensure the advice works for more than one or several people. Furthermore, find what works and make it work for you.
- I turned 27 this month, and life goes by in the blink of an eye. We get such a small amount of time on this earth. Enjoy it. If you’re reading this, you’re alive. Think of all the people who have died since time immemorial. You and I are breathing rare air. Take a deep breath and realise the true power and greatness of being alive. This realisation is incredibly cathartic.
- There is no better feeling than this: laughing and making others laugh. Life is tough enough. Humour is a coping mechanism; it helps bring us closer together with others and helps us get through some of the most challenging moments. I remember when one of my ex-girlfriends broke up with me, and I felt sad and in a slump. I told my friend Louis, who subsequently invited me to his house for a coffee. His dad was also there at the time. Louis’s dad made a joke, which lightened the mood and made me feel much better about the situation. Also During World War 2, many of the prisoners of war in the concentration camps also used humour to bond with one another, and they used humour as a coping mechanism to withstand some of the most degrading, evil, unjust and challenging circumstances one could ever face.
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