Collect as many lottery tickets as you can - Ada Yeo

How to make important life decisions

The most important decision-making principle that I know of is to collect as many lottery tickets as you can, then double down on the ones that start paying off. Many people have written about the importance of maximizing optionality and serendipity in life. The two most influential reads for me have been: Your life is driven by network effects, James Currier Antifragile, Nassim Taleb Principles are powerful because they can help simplify complex decisions with many variables. I’ve applied this particular one to decisions both large (“Should I move from Singapore to Silicon Valley?”),…

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