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That's cool! Curious to listen - please share :)


Conscientiousness is one of the traits, but it is not the only trait important in the process of life planning in my view. I started to think about this topic after re-reading PG's The Anatomy of Determination essay and Sam Altman's Productivity article. http://www.paulgraham.com/determination.html?viewfullsite=1 https://blog.samaltman.com/productivity


That essay you point to doesn't mention conscientiousness or even the big five personality traits.

Of the Big Five personality traits Conscientiousness is the only one strongly predictive of life success. It's the difference between starting a project and petering out or finishing it. It's the difference between self destructive behaviour and grit.

https://medium.com/@bryanye/how-conscientiousness-can-predic...

https://www.beyondinsurance.com/blog/conscientiousness-key-p...

https://www.headstuff.org/topical/science/practical-psycholo...

https://www.utoronto.ca/news/being-conscientious-one-stronge...

https://phys.org/news/2019-11-conscientious-strongest-predic...


Good points, thank you for sharing! Actually, I meet a lot of tech / VC guys who still love to plan things on paper, mostly due to a lot of distractions in their phones and computers.


How long-term your vision is? Is it 1-year or 10-year or maybe 30-year? I have met a guy who had a vision for 50 years ahead - sound crazy but works for him.


I’d like to think I have a 20-year Vision, but that inevitably changes :)

One, five, and ten years seem like good markers for me.


IMHO, It is like sailing on a boat - you at least need to have a rough direction, otherwise you will get nowhere


Thanks for sharing! Good point on being low- effort and friction. I cannot agree more, if I cannot imagine maintaining a habit for more than a year then there is no point in even starting.


Haha, lol, good for you!


Wow, great! Thanks for sharing!


Investing 101: Markets go up and markets go down but how investors ascribe value to businesses rarely change that much in the end:

Capital light >>> Capital heavy Product moat >>> Capital moat Network effects >>> Marketplaces >>> Everything else

https://twitter.com/chamath/status/1310736308189294592


Optimize for consistency to overcome your brain’s inertia in creating new habits


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