🦾 Stop talking about your goals
Melius Humano,
I don’t share my goals all that much. (Cept here… ha)
That’s bec the average person can’t help but respond negatively.
Oh, you want to build an A-Frame? Well, let me tell you why that’s a bad idea.
*proceeds to list of all the reasons*
First of all, I don’t want your unsolicited negativity. I was sharing a positive thing, and that’s how I expect this conversation to remain.
Second, negative advice like this completely misses the point of a foundational principle of life—duality.
Things are supposed to be hard, so you can enjoy them.
Things are supposed to have pros and cons because perfection doesn’t exist.
Things are supposed to be experienced and earned, because that’s how you enjoy them.
It’s also about the journey, not the destination.
You tell someone a goal, and their gut reaction is to try to save you from even trying.
Did you really think I thought this was going to be easy?
Really? It’s called a goal for a reason.
If I wanted a glass of water, I’d walk to the fridge. And I wouldn’t call that a call because there is absolutely nothing in my way in getting it. So nothing to appreciate. No earning, working, or struggling. Literally nothing of note. Meaningless.
So what are you even saying?
And that’s why I don’t share my goals.
Sharing goals always has a negative side. It feels good to talk about your goals, so you get a lil dopamine spike. The problem is your subconscious mistakes that for actual progress. Sharing your goals is not progressing towards them.
You probably know the type… always talking about making it big or starting that business, but never does.
That’s the slippery slope of goal-sharing.
It’s much better to show progress and let others see what you’ve produced.
My 2-Year Goal
Find a property in a moderate climate (currently looking at NC, TN, CO.
Make sure it has a lot of trees
10-100 acres
Build one of these A-Frames
Then build a few others, possibly smaller, for guests/relatives
Spend most of our time there
Bonus: If this can grow into a bigger project with other families, friends, and like-minds, we’ll make it happen. That may need to come a couple years later, and possibly at a different location, but it’s still the plan.
Owning a home is not all they say it is (in some cases, it’s worse)
Read the original Tweet and my reply
Charlie’s Maxims
David Serda’s notes from Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charlie Munger turned into maxims:
1. Find a simple idea and take it seriously.
2. Good ideas are rare. When you find one bet heavily.
3. Humans have been writing down their best ideas for 5,000 years. Read them.
4. Avoiding stupid mistakes is more important than being smart.
5. Don’t work with anyone you don’t admire.
6. Don’t sell anything you wouldn’t buy.
7. Avoiding a bad habit is easier than breaking a bad habit.
8. Work on your best idea. Don't diversify
9. Incentives rule everything around you. Look for them.
10. Great businesses are built by going ridiculously far in maximizing or minimizing one or a few things. Think Costco.
11. Learning is changing behavior.
12. Do the unpleasant tasks first.
13. Charlie has read hundreds of biographies. Do the same.
14. Stop multitasking. Concentrate.
15. Many hard problems are solved best when approached backwards.
16. Think of ideas as tools. When a better tool comes along use it.
17. Clip your business and personal expenses. Small leaks sink big ships.
18. Make friends with smart dead people. Adam Smith, Darwin, Cicero, Ben Franklin —whoever interests you. Read their writing. Steal their ideas. They don’t need them anymore.
19. Don't confuse intelligence with invincibility.
20. Bad things will happen to you. It’s inevitable. When they do get up and keep going and remember the next maxim.
21. Self pity has no utility.
22. Find out what you are best at. Then pound away at it. Forever.
23. Only plays games where you have an edge.
24. Avoid mob rule. Avoid demagogues. Avoid dogma. Avoid bureaucracy.
25. Optimize for independence.
25. Use money to buy freedom.
26. Develop durability.
27. What do you have an *intense* interest in? Do that for money.
It’s a house of cards
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