| 1 | Oct 6, '24 | The power of ruthless prioritization by Steve Jobs. | 87.4× | 1.8M | 7.2k | 796 | 6.7k |
| 2 | Jan 21, '25 | Brain plasticity is your biggest asset. Use it carefully. | 83.6× | 1.8M | 18k | 2.6k | 11k |
| 3 | Nov 24, '24 | Want your kids to succeed? Praise effort and grit not talent. Fascinating study. | 57.5× | 1.2M | 10k | 1k | 8.8k |
| 4 | Jun 22, '24 | Fantastic summary of the most effective learning techniques based on research study findings: | 46.7× | 978k | 5.7k | 621 | 12k |
| 5 | Jul 20, '24 | Jerry Seinfeld nailed it, self-control is empathy with your future self. | 45.4× | 950k | 6.3k | 698 | 4.9k |
| 6 | Sep 16, '25 | Fantastic summary of the most effective negotiating techniques. | 44.3× | 928k | 7.8k | 560 | 15k |
| 7 | Oct 24, '25 | As I always tell my team: “Prioritization isn’t real until it hurts.” | 40.3× | 843k | 7k | 573 | 5k |
| 8 | Mar 18, '25 | Dostoyevsky on the weight of unfulfilled dreams | 39.9× | 835k | 18k | 1.8k | 7k |
| 9 | Oct 1, '24 | Pressure is a priviledge. | 31.6× | 661k | 2.6k | 360 | 2.2k |
| 10 | Oct 9, '24 | The secret behind Steph Curry's greatness? A revealing anecdote from 2007. | 28× | 586k | 3.6k | 475 | 1.8k |
| 11 | Sep 13, '25 | If you want to change your behavior, change where you get your dopamine. | 27.5× | 576k | 6.3k | 849 | 1.6k |
| 12 | Feb 12, '25 | The most inspiring thing I've read this year. Read it three times, it will change your life. | 27.4× | 574k | 4.2k | 461 | 4.7k |
| 13 | Nov 10, '25 | The ultimate solution to procrastination... it's incredibly simple, but too uncomfortable for most people to actually do. | 26.6× | 557k | 11k | 1k | 7.6k |
| 14 | Nov 18, '24 | A great reminder that success comes from focused, deliberate action, not scattered efforts. | 26.1× | 547k | 5.3k | 527 | 4.8k |
| 15 | Jul 3, '24 | Plan before acting. A few hours of strategic thinking can dramatically improve execution efficiency. | 25.5× | 534k | 3.3k | 397 | 5.6k |
| 16 | Jun 25, '24 | Whenever you're stuck in a disagreement, come back to this: Are you arguing over what's factual, what matters, or what works? | 25.4× | 532k | 4.5k | 550 | 5.2k |
| 17 | May 11, '25 | Kasparov on greatness. | 25.1× | 525k | 8.7k | 1k | 3.1k |
| 18 | Nov 2, '25 | If you want to increase your surface area for luck, focus on producing proof of work. You will make yourself a bigger target for luck. | 23.7× | 497k | 5.7k | 698 | 4.4k |
| 19 | Aug 3, '24 | The single best thing I've read this year on how to improve a company. | 23.3× | 487k | 2.3k | 179 | 4.7k |
| 20 | Jul 9, '24 | If you read only one thing about status games, this should be it: | 22× | 461k | 2.4k | 237 | 3.1k |
| 21 | Aug 10, '24 | Jeff Bezos' heuristic for hiring: | 20.5× | 429k | 2.5k | 215 | 3.6k |
| 22 | Jul 4, '24 | Take full ownership of all outcomes in your life, regardless of external factors. | 20.4× | 428k | 2.8k | 342 | 3k |
| 23 | Mar 19, '25 | Nassim Taleb on advice: make it personal. | 19.6× | 410k | 8.4k | 657 | 2.6k |
| 24 | Dec 26, '23 | A gem form the LessWrong community: 'Humans are not automatically strategic.' "A large majority of otherwise smart people spend time doing semi-productive things, when there are ma | 19.5× | 408k | 1.4k | 161 | 2k |
| 25 | Oct 18, '24 | Sharpen your focus by Frank Slootman, former CEO of Snowflake. | 19.2× | 402k | 2.1k | 208 | 3.5k |
| 26 | Oct 20, '25 | I don't think people realize the depth of commitment required for true excellence. | 17.5× | 366k | 5.7k | 668 | 2.4k |
| 27 | Jul 7, '24 | To discipline your mind, write down your ANTs (automatic negative thoughts) and ask yourself if they are true. | 17.2× | 359k | 2.8k | 325 | 3.7k |
| 28 | Sep 29, '25 | If you want to improve your life, master one thing. | 16.5× | 345k | 3.4k | 372 | 2.3k |
| 29 | Dec 3, '24 | What a wild anecdote about Uber's Travis Kalanick and his 'get shit done' style. | 15.3× | 320k | 3.4k | 199 | 1.2k |
| 30 | Jul 11, '24 | Keep in mind the 'Gottman ratio’ if you want to improve your relationships. | 15.2× | 319k | 2.2k | 221 | 2.6k |
| 31 | Oct 13, '24 | How to speak to yourself? by @tferriss | 14.5× | 304k | 2.1k | 211 | 2k |
| 32 | Jul 17, '24 | The best framework for mastering your schedule: 'Performance Time'. | 14× | 294k | 1.5k | 124 | 3k |
| 33 | Dec 8, '24 | How to communicate effectively? Aphorisms by Jeff Bezos. | 13.7× | 287k | 2.2k | 152 | 2.8k |
| 34 | Aug 2, '24 | Satya Nadella on leadership: | 10.2× | 213k | 1.6k | 178 | 1.3k |
| 35 | Sep 29, '25 | Every habit, every repeated thought, every click, is a vote for the kind of brain you’ll have tomorrow. | 9.9× | 208k | 3.4k | 364 | 1.6k |
| 36 | Mar 19, '25 | Steve Jobs in his legendary 2005 Stanford commencement address | 9.6× | 202k | 3.6k | 453 | 1.6k |
| 37 | Jul 10, '24 | Ergodicity might be the most underappreciated concept to truly comprehend success, risk and longevity. It is not performance that is the most important factor for long-term perform | 7.9× | 164k | 1.5k | 217 | 907 |
| 38 | Oct 7, '25 | The cheat code to life is to be interested. | 7.4× | 156k | 1.7k | 158 | 1.4k |
| 39 | Aug 18, '19 | Still the simple best explanation of what machine learning is compared to classical programming. | 7.0× | 0 | 7.1k | 2.3k | 544 |
| 40 | Jul 7, '19 | Peace of mind is the highest wealth. | 6.4× | 0 | 6.6k | 2k | 561 |
| 41 | Oct 1, '25 | Charlie Munger on to get good at something. | 6.3× | 132k | 2k | 276 | 1.1k |
| 42 | Nov 1, '25 | You can't beat someone who is naturally gifted, obsessively practicing and driven to win. | 5.7× | 120k | 1.9k | 207 | 919 |
| 43 | Sep 21, '25 | I call this "Schrödinger’s Embarrassment" If you fail in private, you can always tell yourself you’re the sort of person who would have succeeded ... if only you’d cared a little m | 5.7× | 119k | 2k | 184 | 845 |
| 44 | Jan 2, '25 | The art of being a successful generalist. | 5.6× | 117k | 1.2k | 141 | 928 |
| 45 | Oct 12, '25 | I call it the Grand Overhaul Fallacy: the belief that you can, through sheer force of will, simultaneously upgrade every aspect of your life. | 5.2× | 110k | 1.5k | 128 | 1.1k |
| 46 | Dec 17, '24 | Jerry Seinfeld on writing. | 4.9× | 102k | 1.3k | 125 | 983 |
| 47 | Mar 9, '25 | Intelligence without courage is a recipe for anxiety. Without courage, you're stuck. A spectator in your own life. | 4.8× | 102k | 2.8k | 400 | 834 |
| 48 | Mar 12, '25 | When you choose to skip the gym or procrastinate on a project, you're not just being lazy. You're prioritizing the desires of your current self over the needs of your future self. | 4.8× | 101k | 1.5k | 221 | 1k |
| 49 | Oct 14, '25 | I call It "The Rearview Mirror Syndrome": when people or group start to focus more on their past than their future, they begin to age. For individuals, aging means your memories st | 4.7× | 99k | 1.6k | 185 | 789 |
| 50 | Sep 28, '25 | If you expose yourself to an environment long enough, you become subject to its local attractors. It’s why people who hang out in casinos eventually gamble. Why people who spend en | 4.6× | 96k | 1.7k | 162 | 618 |
| 51 | Oct 23, '25 | Greatness can only be achieved through obsession. There are no part-time legends. | 4.5× | 94k | 1.5k | 143 | 715 |
| 52 | Aug 30, '20 | Some guiding principles for a good life: | 3.9× | 0 | 2.6k | 637 | 1.6k |
| 53 | May 10, '25 | Kasparov on the weight of success. | 3.8× | 80k | 1.3k | 129 | 579 |
| 54 | Oct 25, '25 | The first law of decision hygiene is that most decisions do not benefit from extra time. | 3.2× | 68k | 1.8k | 183 | 509 |
| 55 | May 14, '25 | Study your failures like a scientist, but walk into battle like a warrior who's never lost. | 3.2× | 67k | 2.1k | 277 | 776 |
| 56 | Sep 18, '25 | It forces you to do precisely what modern life trains you not to: focus on one thing for a long time, without interruption. | 2.9× | 60k | 1.9k | 236 | 312 |
| 57 | Dec 3, '18 | "Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art." — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec Things I want my child to know about life, a THREAD: | 2.7× | 0 | 2.1k | 730 | 664 |
| 58 | Dec 2, '18 | Take your M.E.D.S. * MEDITATION. It's easy to be constantly doing with no time to be. * EXERCISE. Our body needs to be stretched. It's a use it or lose it. * DIET. Food for energy | 2.6× | 0 | 2.7k | 735 | 259 |
| 59 | Apr 4, '20 | Friendly reminder. If you ever lose your temper it is your fault. Always. Your emotional responses are never the responsibility of any other human being. | 2.5× | 0 | 2.9k | 665 | 217 |
| 60 | Nov 30, '18 | The goal of school is compliance, not curiosity. | 2.4× | 0 | 2.6k | 715 | 141 |
| 61 | Apr 30, '20 | Don’t talk about problems you have no intention of solving. | 2.4× | 0 | 2.8k | 655 | 168 |
| 62 | Sep 25, '19 | Your neighbor's success is not your failure. | 2.3× | 0 | 2.7k | 632 | 86 |
| 63 | Nov 5, '25 | If you want to escape the hedonic treadmill, start making things. The more you create, the more you want to create. The more you consume, the less it satisfies. That’s the real lev | 2.3× | 47k | 1.7k | 257 | 544 |
| 64 | Oct 15, '20 | Low motivation is a sign that you are performing for someone else. | 2.2× | 0 | 2.8k | 390 | 270 |
| 65 | Sep 20, '25 | If you want to get anything done, you have to learn to treat failure as a private message from the universe, not a press release. | 2.2× | 46k | 1.8k | 169 | 375 |
| 66 | Aug 26, '20 | The amount of growth you will experience in your life depends on how much uncertainty you can handle. | 2.1× | 0 | 2.3k | 555 | 208 |
| 67 | Aug 29, '20 | Stagnation is easy, change is hard. | 2.0× | 0 | 1.8k | 432 | 504 |
| 68 | Dec 31, '17 | 1/ Information is rare and hides in pockets as it battles the universe’s perennial march to disorder: the growth of entropy. | 1.9× | 0 | 1.4k | 387 | 525 |
| 69 | Nov 5, '19 | Tomorrow is overrated. Today is underrated. | 1.8× | 0 | 2.2k | 453 | 116 |
| 70 | May 23, '20 | Stop finishing books you don’t enjoy. | 1.8× | 0 | 2.3k | 378 | 46 |
| 71 | May 3, '20 | Find a job that values your productivity, not your attendance. | 1.6× | 0 | 2k | 299 | 114 |
| 72 | Sep 8, '19 | "Never take advice from someone who doesn’t have to live with the consequences." — Mark Cuban | 1.5× | 0 | 1.8k | 392 | 94 |
| 73 | Jan 18, '20 | Be happy for no reason, like a child. If you are happy for a reason, you're in trouble, because that reason can be taken from you. | 1.5× | 0 | 1.7k | 370 | 129 |
| 74 | Sep 3, '20 | Discipline is the strongest form of self-care. | 1.5× | 0 | 1.8k | 363 | 121 |
| 75 | Dec 13, '19 | You don't win the game by playing fair. You win it by designing a new game in which you own all the pieces, then convincing the world to play. | 1.5× | 0 | 1.5k | 367 | 199 |
| 76 | Feb 25, '21 | The world is changed by your example, not by your judgments. | 1.4× | 0 | 1.7k | 357 | 107 |
| 77 | Jul 16, '20 | You don’t need the best idea, you need the best execution. | 1.4× | 0 | 1.7k | 317 | 117 |
| 78 | Aug 7, '20 | Procrastination means we fail to manage our emotions, not our time. | 1.4× | 0 | 1.6k | 279 | 184 |
| 79 | Jul 5, '20 | A healthy person has three signs of well being: a fit body, an efficient mind, and a calm soul. | 1.4× | 0 | 1.6k | 279 | 151 |
| 80 | Aug 3, '19 | "Man is the most insane species. He worships an invisible God and destroys a visible Nature. Unaware that this Nature he’s destroying is this God he’s worshiping." — Hubert Reeves | 1.4× | 0 | 1.4k | 484 | 84 |
| 81 | May 16, '20 | Let money be the consequence of your efforts, not the objective. | 1.3× | 0 | 1.6k | 303 | 113 |
| 82 | Jan 25, '20 | Waking up in a silent house, Making your own coffee or tea, Enjoying the beautifully intricate fullness of the morning silence, While remaining calm, collected and unbothered by al | 1.3× | 0 | 1.7k | 262 | 83 |
| 83 | Jan 24, '20 | When I was six, I asked my father: "Dad, what happens after we die?" "No one knows," he said calmly. "No one has come back to tell us." This was the perfect answer. It didn’t asser | 1.3× | 0 | 1.6k | 258 | 110 |
| 84 | Oct 23, '19 | Only a man who loves to prove himself wrong is the true seeker of knowledge. | 1.2× | 0 | 1.5k | 308 | 80 |
| 85 | Mar 13, '22 | The Circle of Responsibility | 1.2× | 0 | 1.3k | 270 | 185 |
| 86 | Mar 6, '21 | School doesn't teach you how to think, it teaches you how to think like everyone else. | 1.2× | 0 | 1.5k | 277 | 86 |
| 87 | Sep 27, '19 | "Working hard for something we don't care about is called stress. Working hard for something we love is called passion." — Simon Sinek | 1.2× | 0 | 1.3k | 329 | 88 |
| 88 | Apr 16, '20 | The more expensive the wedding, the quicker the divorce. | 1.2× | 0 | 1.6k | 154 | 80 |
| 89 | Jun 10, '20 | If you can learn to be patient in a very impatient society, you win. | 1.1× | 0 | 1.5k | 217 | 82 |
| 90 | May 26, '20 | If you don’t guard your time, everyone will waste it for you. | 1.1× | 0 | 1.4k | 240 | 91 |
| 91 | Aug 10, '19 | "Data isn’t the new oil, it’s the new CO2." | 1.1× | 0 | 1.1k | 387 | 33 |
| 92 | Jul 7, '20 | "The real question is not whether life exists after death. The real question is whether you are alive before death." — Osho | 1.1× | 0 | 1.3k | 239 | 83 |
| 93 | Feb 7, '20 | Your whole life is governed by your relationship with yourself. Your relationships with others is just a reflection of your own internal syntax. | 1.0× | 0 | 1.2k | 251 | 116 |
| 94 | Oct 9, '20 | Teach children how to think, not what to think. | 1.0× | 0 | 1.3k | 229 | 61 |
| 95 | Nov 17, '19 | If you lose your money, you can often earn it back. But if you misuse your time, you can never get it back. Where you put your time shows the world what you really value and believ | 1.0× | 0 | 1.2k | 272 | 87 |
| 96 | Dec 25, '19 | Knowledge gained through curiosity is way different than knowledge gained through obligation. Do not stand in the way of a child's curiosity. It is her greatest asset. | 1.0× | 0 | 1.2k | 264 | 76 |
| 97 | Aug 3, '20 | Instead of trying to predict what will happen, become someone who is ready for anything. | 1.0× | 0 | 1.2k | 209 | 88 |
| 98 | Feb 6, '22 | "Three Times Wiser" is a newsletter about big ideas, mental models, brain bugs, and principles of wise thinking. This thread will be updated on a daily basis. Subscribe here for mo | 1.0× | 0 | 556 | 69 | 543 |
| 99 | Sep 5, '20 | To achieve big things later, you need to start doing small things now. | 1.0× | 0 | 1.2k | 188 | 74 |
| 100 | Aug 23, '20 | Make time for your family. Make time to exercise. Make time to create. Make time to read. Make the time. | 1.0× | 0 | 1.2k | 198 | 88 |
| 101 | Dec 28, '20 | Reality is actively constructed by the brain, not passively recorded by it. | 0.9× | 0 | 1.2k | 163 | 94 |
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