Graham Duncan: Talent Is The Best Asset Class – The Tim Ferriss Show

Graham Duncan: Talent Is The Best Asset Class – The Tim Ferriss Show https://tim.blog/2019/02/28/graham-duncan/embed/#?secret=cppWmnusHz On hiring: Focus more on references A great interview question – “If you were hiring somebody to do this job, what criteria would you use to hire them?” Credibility = Proven Confidence + Relationships + Integrity Spend more time thinking about tough …

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Jim Collins – A Rare Interview with a Reclusive Polymath: The Tim Ferris Show

Jim Collins – A Rare Interview with a Reclusive Polymath: The Tim Ferris Show https://tim.blog/2019/02/18/jim-collins/embed/#?secret=SIoO2yL3Ey Ludwig Wittgenstein has famously said – “The limits of our language are the limits of our world” The absolute best company leaders are able to dissolve their ego into the company, and develop a sense of humility far above the rest …

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Josh Waitzkin: How to Cram 2 Months of Learning Into 1 Day – The Tim Ferriss Show

Josh Waitzkin: How to Cram 2 Months of Learning Into 1 Day – The Tim Ferriss Show No matter what you’re practicing, always finish strong  Align your peak energy periods with peak creativity work and actually schedule thinking time into your calendar An exercise that’s helped Josh and many of his clients: End your day thinking …

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Quote — Björk

“After tragedies, one has to invent a new world, knit it or embroider, make it up. It’s not gonna be given to you because you deserve it; it doesn’t work that way. You have to imagine something that doesn’t exist and dig a cave into the future and demand space. It’s a territorial hope affair. …

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Trial, error, and the God complex

What I’m watching —Trial, error, and the God complex, a TED talk by Tim Harford (@TimHarford). Official description: “Economics writer Tim Harford studies complex systems—and finds a surprising link among the successful ones: they were built through trial and error. In this sparkling talk from TEDGlobal 2011, he asks us to embrace our randomness and start …

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BITCOIN BILLIONAIRES A TRUE STORY OF GENIUS, BETRAYAL AND REDEMPTION by Ben Mezrich

Read this fantastic book this bank holiday weekend. Its fantastic. One of the best ways to spend a weekend during lockdown. Some great quotes: Page 248: It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. …

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