NAVAL RAVIKANT

If the issues on the table have been reasonably vetted, the choices are equally attractive, and there is still no clear answer, then admit that there is no clearly identifiable right way to go and just decide.

BUILDING JUDGEMENT

Judgement

29. Hard work is overrated. How hard you work matters a lot less in the modern economy.

30. "Clear thinker" is a better compliment than "smart".

31. If you can't explain to a child, you don't know it.

The hard way forces you to ask if you are willing to put in the effort to do it.

Sometimes the answer is no. The cost is too high, or other obligations take priority. No is a valid answer. Better to say no now, and not let it eat away at your resolve. But if your answer is yes, you know ho...