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How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big - by Scott Adams | Derek Sivers

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Derek Sivers official site. Thoughts on philosophy, culture, self-improvement. Author of Useful Not True, How to Live, Hell Yeah or No, Anything You Want.

Goals are for losers. Your mind isn’t magic. It’s a moist computer you can program. The most important metric to track is your personal energy. Every skill you acquire doubles your odds of success. Happiness is health plus freedom. Luck can be managed, sort of. Conquer shyness by being a huge phony (in a good way). Fitness is the lever that moves the world. Simplicity transforms ordinary into amazing. When tackling any new and complicated problem, one step you will always do first: ask a smart friend how he or she tackled the same problem. Some companies take the goal of profits too far. But t

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