“For someone who is early in their career (and maybe even later), the single most important thing about a company is the alumni network you’re going to build. Think about who you will work with and what those people are going on to do.“ — Naval Ravikant
“I don’t want to be a great-problem-solver. I want to avoid problems—prevent them from happening and doing right from the beginning.” – Peter Bevelin
“Hire well, manage little” – Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger
Save keystrokes—always ask, then what?
Problems are inevitable, but if you are careful you can have way less problems than others.
Next:
- 2-1b2b0 Judgment is knowing the long-term consequences of your actions
- 2-1b2b0.1 Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
- 2-1b2b0.2 Focus on the ‘what is’ before deciding ‘what to do’ about it
- 2-1b2b1 ‘Inversion’ - Avoid stupid obvious bullshit you’d regret in the future
- 2-1b2c ‘Compounding’ - Permeate across the timeline
Related:
- 1-1c6a1c The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence
- 3-1b0 Think forward, but also think in reverse via inversionFutureSelf
- 3-1c3d3 When problems are so well defined, your future self might be able to solve new problems by reusing and recombining them
- 5-1b5 Keep solving problems including the problem of what problems to solve
- 13-1a3.0a Always go for the best—work on the best project, work in the best industry, work with the best people
- RUL3 - When automating, make sure the initial constraints and requirements are not stupid-dumb-bullshit.
- QUE5 - What’s the correct very-long-term solution; How do I solve this using and committing the minimum amount of time possible; Does this really matter (almost always, no)
Safeguard:
- Use the test of time. Test whether you’re addressing the root cause of a problem, rather than merely treating a symptom, by asking yourself whether it will stand the test of time. Will this solution fix the problem permanently, or will the problem return in the future? If it seems like the latter, then chances are you’re only treating a symptom.
Buffet is an extreme long-term thinker