Effective delegation is not a subject on any standard school curriculum, so most people have no idea how to do it.
Here's my simple guide to get started on your delegation journey.
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There is a cost of entry for everything you want to achieve in life.
Everyone wants the reward:
But few are willing to pay the cost of entry to achieve it...
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Warren Buffett once said, "Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful."
Everyone loves to repeat it, but it's much easier to repeat the quote during calm seas than it is to live by the quote during storms.
This article is about how you operate in the storms—an open letter on the most important human trait: Courage.
Courage is defined at the testing point. The life you want is on the other side of the testing point you've been avoiding.
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A mental model is a simple way to think about the world.
The most useful mental models are broadly applicable—they help identify patterns across different areas of life to create clarity and spark action.
Here's one I can't stop thinking about:
The hidden debts of life...
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This weekend, I was flipping through a few of my old journals when I came across this quote:
"When jarred, unavoidably, by circumstances, revert at once to yourself, and don’t lose the rhythm more than you can help. You’ll have a better grasp of the harmony if you keep on going back to it." — Marcus Aurelius, MeditationsA perfect blend of ancient wisdom for these uncertain times.
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The Streetlight Effect is the tendency to search for answers where it's easiest to look, not where the truth actually lies.
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My entire life changed when I realized one truth:
You have to sacrifice short-term freedom in order to earn long-term freedom.
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The future feels wildly uncertain (and you don't need to look far to feel it). This is my open letter to anyone struggling to prepare for an uncertain future...
First, we need to scrap the old linear mindset (Plan, Execute) and replace it with an iterative mindset (Execute, Adapt).
In a 2012 interview, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos highlighted the importance of identifying what will stay the same in the future and building around that. Think of these timeless truths as your Lighthouse, and the skills that remain relevant are your Lighthouse Skills.
Focus on the lighthouse.
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This is one of my favorite parables:
A sower went out to sow.And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.
Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, since they had no depth of soil, but when the sun rose they were scorched. And since they had no root, they withered away.
Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them.
Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
He who has ears, let him hear.
- Matthew 13:3-9
This passage offers a powerful reflection on one truth:
Your environment creates your reality. Choose Wisely.
Programming Note: The most common piece of feedback I receive is from readers who love the newsletter but find the Friday Five has too many ideas to digest in a single email. Over the next two weeks, I'm going to experiment with something new: The Friday Five will be split across four short weekday emails that will take 1-2 minutes (max!) of your time. The Wednesday deeper dive will remain the same. My goal is that this change will mean more of you are able to take action on these ideas and experience the growth that follows. 1% better, every single day. Stay curious, friends.
Question: Who would you call to get you out of a foreign prison?
Framework: The Stoic Archer
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In 2022, after making a rash emotional decision to pause my book process, I got a piece of advice from a mentor that changed my life: Nobody cares.
Here's the truth: You aren't afraid of failure. You're afraid of what other people will think of you if you fail.
The Spotlight Effect is a psychological phenomenon whereby we overestimate the degree to which other people are noticing or observing our appearance, actions, behaviors, or results. Nobody cares. So, go do the damn thing.
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Question: Are you allowing a missing nail to destroy your kingdom?
Framework: The Zone 2 Practice Session
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Inversion is a mental model that flips the script on traditional problem-solving. It forces you to think differently about the problem—to see it from a new angle, from a fresh perspective.
Take the foundational problem: How do you live a good life? Let's harness the power of inversion to address it: How do you live a miserable life?
Here are 20 ways to guarantee you live a miserable life...
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Question: Which wolf will you feed?
Framework: Three Men Make a Tiger
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Consistency is the common thread behind every major success story. But no one ever tells you how to be consistent—and let’s be honest, it’s easier said than done.
Fortunately, I've spent hundreds of hours thinking about this exact problem—and I've distilled that thinking into a short list of practical strategies to help anyone become more consistent.
7 strategies to be more consistent: (1) Every day is easier than most days; (2) Fire in the act, grace in the amount; (3) Mornings are your cheat code; (4) Harness the power of peer accountability; (5) Use progressive overload to build the muscle; (6) Never try to make up for a miss; and (7) Focus on the trend, not the position.
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Question: Do I want this job, or do I want other people to see me having this job?
Framework: Sapere Aude
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Traditional wisdom says you have to live life with an On-Off Switch Mentality: If you want to do well, you can have two areas switched ON, but if you really want to win, you can only have one area switched ON. The other areas are, by default, switched OFF.
The problem with this approach: If you leave an area OFF for too long, it becomes very difficult (if not impossible) to turn it back ON.
My solution is the Dimmer Switch Mentality: It says that each area of your life exists on a dimmer switch. If you want to focus on building one area, you turn that switch up, but rather than turning off the others, you just turn them down low.
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Question: What would happen if you gave just a little bit more?
Framework: The 5 Levels of Financial Wealth
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Last weekend, I experienced an overnight success that was years in the making. It was a seemingly lucky break that had very little to do with luck.
The story of how it happened carries several important lessons for life—principles any of us can apply to create more luck in our own lives.
4 principles to create more luck: (1) Increase your luck surface area, (2) Work hard in the darkness, (3) Shoot your shot, and (4) Follow through.
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