😳 Embrace Mediocrity.. What?

Jan 07, 2024

Are you elite?

Are you extraordinary?

Are you the best in the world?

Maybe.. maybe not.

But do you have to be?

We all can’t be the best at everything all the time. Can we?

We play these silly little language games where we use words like elite and premium to signify we’re somehow better than the people around us.

Sociologists call this symbolic violence.

How should you think about it? And why should you embrace mediocrity instead?

Find out in this Ted Talk from sociolinguist Crispin Thurlow-

How to Build Willpower | David Goggins & Dr. Andrew Huberman

Loved this video from Andrew Huberman about will power and the anterior midcingulate cortex/

The gist - Do things you don’t want to do!

I know you hate it, still do it anyway.

Watch the full video -

Goes well with a quote from David Goggins’ book - Can’t Hurt Me.

My number 1 productivity hack in 2023 was using a dated diary.

To plan my week in advance, and run through the tasks every day.

Nothing beats physical paper and pen for task management.

New year, new diary 😄

An average nonfiction book is 100,000 words long.

It contains stories, examples, research references, and a whole lot of repetition of the same key ideas.

The main insights from a top-quality nonfiction book can be drilled down to 1 to 5 key ideas.

Yet, you end up having spent 6-8 hours of your precious time reading it, digesting it, and learning those insights.

If you don’t have that kind of time. We created the Keys to Wisdom for you.

It’s a collection of the top 3-5 ideas from the best non-fiction books in the world.

So that you can learn the best of what a book has to offer in less than 5 minutes.

Find out more here -

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That’s it for today.

See you next week 👋

We’ll be back with more interesting notes, highlights and curations.

Cheers,

Ayush & Aditi