Morals

Selling lies is a better business than selling truths

(Excerpt from Three Ways to Get Paid by Jason Zweig) There are three ways to make a living: 1) Lie to people who want to be lied to, and you’ll get rich. 2) Tell the truth to those who want the truth, and you’ll...

February 25, 2021| Morals, Sales Read More

What is karma? A non-religious definition

(Excerpt from The Almanack of Ravikant) Karma is just you, repeating your patterns, virtues, and flaws until you finally get what you deserve....

December 29, 2020| Morals Read More

Good reputation brings you deals

(Excerpt from The Almanack of Ravikant) If you are a trusted, reliable, high-integrity, long-term-thinking dealmaker, when other people want to do deals but don’t know how to do them in a trustworthy manner with...

December 29, 2020| Morals Read More

Reputation has compounding effect

(Excerpt from The Almanack of Ravikant) If you have a sterling reputation and you keep building it for decades upon decades, people will notice. Your reputation will literally end up being thousands or tens of...

December 29, 2020| Morals, Nonlinearity Read More

Be good and be patient. You eventually attract what you project

(Excerpt from The Almanack of Ravikant) Figure out what you’re good at, and start helping other people with it. Give it away. Pay it forward. Karma works because people are consistent. On a long enough timescale, you...

December 29, 2020| Luck, Morals Read More

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