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Arunima retweeted
Umberto Eco, who owned 50,000 books, had this to say about home libraries:
“It is foolish to think that you have to read all the books you buy, as it is foolish to criticize those who buy more books than they will ever be able to read. It would be like saying that you should use all the cutlery or glasses or screwdrivers or drill bits you bought before buying new ones.
“There are things in life that we need to always have plenty of supplies, even if we will only use a small portion.
“If, for example, we consider books as medicine, we understand that it is good to have many at home rather than a few: when you want to feel better, then you go to the ‘medicine closet’ and choose a book. Not a random one, but the right book for that moment. That’s why you should always have a nutrition choice!
“Those who buy only one book, read only that one and then get rid of it. They simply apply the consumer mentality to books, that is, they consider them a consumer product, a good. Those who love books know that a book is anything but a commodity.”
Arunima retweeted
In my 20’s, I used to work on Wall Street.
People my age now (45) said they were working 70, 80, 90 hours a week for their families…but all their families actually wanted was their presence.
They didn’t understand why their families resented how much they worked when they lived in a nice house, and their kids went to private schools.
It was just the world we all lived in. We knew nothing else.
I decided early in my startup journey that wasn’t going to be me.
My co-founders and I have always had a policy of quitting at 5 or 5:30.
By that, I mean:
> Shut off my laptop
> No more work talk
> Go home to my family
Frequently I’m out even earlier - 3-5, depending on whether I want to do something with the kids.
I rarely travel for work and don’t entertain for work.
My family life gives me energy for my work.
My work gives me energy for my family life.
I'm trying to stay not burnt out and excited about this for several decades.
Can every founder choose this?
Maybe not everybody, but more people have the choice than realize they do.
There is great reward that comes from designing a business around the life you want.
Arunima retweeted
I’m in love with this sentence:
“Every pattern in your life repeats until you learn the lesson. The moment you choose differently, the loop ends and growth begins.”
Arunima retweeted
My life got a lot better when I stopped chasing shiny objects and focused on the basics. 10 PM bed time, 6 AM wake up, 4 hours of deep, focused work creative work first thing, work out mid day to break it up, admin & calls in the afternoon, hang with friends and loved ones in the evening, repeat forever.
* cracks knuckles *
Okay so let's say, you've started making money from an illegal business. You earned $30, so you can have it in cash at your home and just use the cash to spend. Grocery, clothes, whatever.
Now next month your business grows, and you got $1000
No problemo, you can still keep the cash.
12 months later, this is exponentially increasing and you now make $50,000 a month. Things are tricky. You can't hide sh*tloads of paper money at your home. What if there's a fire? You can't even spend it everywhere because tax people might be like WHAAAAT.
So now.. you wanna show that YOU EARNED IT ETHICALLY. You want to pay the tax (lol it's ironic), so you can spend it.
The whole idea is to show that $50K is from good sources, pay tax on it and spend it normally.
So people..make shitty art and ask others to buy it. The customer pays them $100K and now they can say "hey i got the $100k from a black line on the canvas that's called modern art"
They'll pay tax on $100K and voila, now it's real white money.
Laundered money. Or washed money.
Arunima retweeted
James Clear: Your goal in life should be to reduce the amount of time it takes you to get out of a bad state.
I figured out why so many adults are quietly depressed.
For the first 20 years, our life ran on a curriculum. Pass this class, get into the next one. Finish the semester, a new one starts. Every level unlocked the next one automatically, and all you had to do was show up. Then you graduate, and suddenly nothing moves unless you move it.
No syllabus, no next semester, no one telling you what level you’re on. You gotta create your own semesters.
That’s freedom.
And for most people, it’s paralyzing.
When I was in 12th, Physics was all about formula
Now when I'm reading The Principia, I understand
Physics is all about Philosophy
Arunima retweeted
🚨💰Dynamic loot in the name of dynamic pricing.
Exhibit 1: Flight from Bengaluru to Lucknow. November 15.
Flight starts from ₹20,875/- per passenger.
Exhibit 2: Flight from Lucknow to Bengaluru. November 15.
Flight starts from ₹8384/- per passenger.
If rising fuel prices is the reason for increase in air fare, then why the air fare of the Bengaluru-Lucknow flight is 2.5x more than Lucknow-Bengaluru?
It’s the same distance!
This is not “dynamic pricing”. This is DYNAMIC LOOT.
It’s so sad that a lot of us can’t AFFORD to be with our families on Diwali.
