Curiosity Chronicle

A few weeks ago, I had the unique opportunity to attend a small author’s retreat hosted by Atomic Habits author James Clear.

To be honest, it was a bit of a ”pinch-me” moment.

I was in a room with a group of 15 authors I’ve long admired, who had collectively sold tens of millions of books and left an indelible mark on the world with their ideas and insights.

We were each asked to share something that had been working for us, and once I shook off the feeling of imposter syndrome, the thing I decided to share was my framework on opportunity selection.

It sparked a deep dialogue and clearly resonated with the group—so I want to share it with all of you today...

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A group of kindergarteners outperformed the CEOs, lawyers, and MBAs.

The way they did it has a lesson I've never been able to forget.

While in college over a decade ago, I watched a ​TED Talk​ by a famed designer named ​Peter Skillman​ about an experiment he conducted in which groups of participants were given a challenge...

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My entire life changed when I realized that I would never want to trade lives with the people I read books about.

Allow me to explain with a story about the richest man who ever lived.

In the early 1500s, an enterprising German financier named Jakob Fugger rose to prominence on the European continent...

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A few weeks ago, I shared a piece on my ​Anti-To-Do List​ and the general merits of using inversion to improve your life.

The idea was straightforward:
Write down what you want to avoid doing.
Avoid doing those things.
I've gotten a lot of value from using inversion like this as a tool to provide clarity on my actions and avoid painful mistakes.

As the late Charlie Munger famously said, "All I want to know is where I'm going to die, so I'll never go there."

But a few readers replied with an interesting question:

Doesn't focusing on what you don't want make you more likely to get it?

This raises an important point that I've never addressed directly...

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A few years ago, I came across a beautiful story written by a woman named Pam Kearney in a local newspaper.

I set a calendar reminder to re-read it every single year.

Take 6 minutes and give this a listen. Trust me, it's worth your time...
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