2-3b 'Leverage' - The effort put in and its utility-results doesn't have to correlate at all. Use this to your advantage.

“Give me a lever long enough and a place to stand, and I will move the earth.” — Archimedes

Next:

• 2-3b1 ‘Sensitivity to fairness’ - What is fair changes
• 2-3c ‘Surface area’ - Manage your exposure to volatilities

Related:

• 3-1c3c3a Realize that having invested time in something doesn’t make it good. There is no necessary correlation between the time you put in and its usefulness.
• 3-1c3c3a2 Time spent doesn’t mean much

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