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What's On My Mind?
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What's On My Mind?
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Last updated on 05/11/2021.
"Julius Caesar famously said, "If you want it done, then go. And if not, then send." What he meant was, if you want it done right, then you have to go yourself and do it. When you are the principal, then you are the owner—you care, and you will do a great job. When you are the agent and you are doing it on somebody else's behalf, you can do a bad job. You just don't care. You optimize for yourself rather than for the principal's assets." -
- A popular personal finance book written by . I've only read up to the second chapter of the book. So far, there hasn't been any new ideas that I've come across.
- A blogpost written by that I come back to over and over. The advice and wisdom in this piece are invaluable and are applicable to many.
- I first came across Naval's work through snippets of his podcast on . Diving in the rabbit hole, I discovered his book; the . I have read the Almanack more than thrice and will likely go over it again in the near future. Within, he shares his philosophy and ideas on how to be both successful and happy - which are two things I want in life.
- A byte-sized US stock market newsletter that I found browsing . Provides some daily insights for me to explore investment ideas.
Improve my writing enough to feel comfortable sharing on Medium.
Go for runs / walks at least 3 times per week.
Balancing work-from-home life and fixing my poor at-desk posture.
Just as Derek puts it, I too created this page as "a public declaration of priorities - a reminder for myself when I'm feeling unfocused."
This page is inspired by and .
You can find various /now pages of friendly people from all over the globe at . I find that reading what other people are up to and how they're tracking in terms of their goals, makes me feel motivated and inspired.