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A thing that my ex-boss tried to teach me (and he was very skilful about it, over 100s of conversations over 5+ years) was the idea that you should focus on whatever is best, whatever is most important, and not worry about what “Most People” think. I resisted this for a long time. As a… Continue reading Most People

I’ve been sharing this set of notes more and more as time goes by. I suppose you could say most people care too much about what most people think. I don’t expect to be able to change most people’s minds on this. But I’m interested in getting to know the people who really manage to understand this dynamic, and more importantly, unshackle themselves from it. The unshackling requires courage more than it requires intelligence. ✱ Moses Maimonides, The Guide For The Perplexed, published ~1190: “When I have a difficult subject before me – when I find the road narr

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