Weekly Mix #270 - 45 life lessons I never want to forget

45 Life Lessons, Skills For a Changing World, Sea Stories, Self-Talk & Execution

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Happy Monday!

Our world is changing faster than ever—crypto, AI, social upheaval, conflicts—it seems impossible to keep up.

Change is only getting faster too.

It's more important than ever to develop the skills to prepare yourself.

Here are 3:

The ability to learn: Learning is the ultimate meta-skill. As you get better at learning, you'll be able to understand new things faster and at a deeper level than those around you. You can use that skillset to advance yourself in your current field, or to monetize your new understanding. First-movers have a big advantage in a rapidly changing world.

The ability to sell: Sales touches everything. You need to sell yourself when you're looking for a new job. You need to sell your project to you boss or teammates. You need to sell your new startup to potential employees. The list goes on. Selling is what will help you monetize rapid changes.

Working in public: Working in public on the internet invites serendipity. You're more likely to run into people interested in the same things, or to hear critique of your ideas that will help you improve faster. Building an audience gives you a springboard for new ideas and new products.

It isn't easy to adapt in a world that changes as quickly as ours.

But it is possible.

Have a great week!

Graham

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Links

📚 Book Notes: Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations by William McRaven - A fun read full of stories that are modern legends: the Captain Phillips episode, the Osama bin Laden mission, and more.

There are people who are so impressive that they can inspire you through a book: they're real-life heroes.

McRaven seems like one of those people, and he has lived more in his life than most of us could ever hope to.

📖 Ideas Are Just a Multiplier of Execution - Derek Sivers - The older I get, the more I realize how true this is: execution is SO much more important than the idea.

Great ideas have an impact, don't get me wrong. But there are so many bad ideas out there that have been turned into great businesses because the execution was good.

📖 Play Your Own Game - Morgan Housel - Told through the lens of an investor, but with pro athletes as another example, Housel explains why we often assume wrongly that everyone else has the same goals that we do. His advice?

Judge less

Figure out what game you're playing, then play it (and only it).

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45 life lessons I never want to forget:

May 10th 2023

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