5-1b4c1c Align your short-term reward with your long-term vision

Related:

• 2-1a0c1d The One Commandment is about focus - Focus on a single moral innovation

• 2-1a7a5 Build day by day unless anything fundamental (‘the core’) changed. Superficial-uncontrollable criteria (e.g., share price) matter less.

• 2-1b2 Play in different time horizon. That is, in the long-run.

• 2-1b2b ‘Second-order thinking’ - Solve the root cause of a problem (prevention) and not symptoms. Be smart-lazy.

• 2-1b2b2 ‘Multiplying by zero’ - Be risk-prone but avoid ruin at all cost

• 3-1d6c1 The marginal cost of doing something wrong ‘just this once’ always seems alluringly low

• 5-1b4 Be prepared to deal with short-term nonsenses, but know what you’re focused on in the long-run and stay optimistic

• 5-1b4b Compounding is usually too slow to notice. You have to be deliberate in how you think and what you see.

• 5-2c2b1 Focus on the fundamentals, on the deeper ideas closer to abstract knowledge, on what matters, and build yourself (including technology) around it

• Do not sacrifice your sleep in the long run for apparent short term benefit from substances

  • E.g., caffeine use in PGA/MLB/NFL (night games and different time zone)