Published: 2023-07-23
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Prioritizing difficult actions now leads to better outcomes later, while immediate gratification leads to negative consequences.
"most things that feel good now will feel bad later and most things that feel hard now will feel good later"
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A strong motivator for taking action is the realization that inaction will lead to stagnation over a decade.
"there is no better motivation than realizing if you don't take action your life will look the same 10 years from now"
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The author has significantly increased their book reading in the last two years compared to the rest of their life.
"I have read more books in the past two years than I have probably in the rest of my life combined"
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The speaker predicts that by becoming obsessed with a goal for a predetermined period, one will develop an 'unwavering disproportionate belief' in achieving it. This belief is fostered by constant thought, from morning to night, and even dreams.
"I've made an active effort to remove all of that from my life and I'll go into this point a bit more in the third section the second part of this step is to have this unwavering disproportionate belief that you're going to achieve that thing and give yourself a predetermined period of time where you will become obsessed with it you'll think about it first thing in the morning you'll dream about it you think about it lasting at night"
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The speaker predicts that dedicating all free time, including weekends, to building a desired life, even at the expense of social plans and current wants, is essential for growth and self-investment. This implies a future state where current sacrifices lead to future fulfillment.
"use the weekend to build the life that you want instead of trying to escape the life that you have you want to dedicate every free moment you have to this thing that's going to mean saying no to social plans saying no to things that you want to do saying no to spending your money on some things because you need that money to invest in yourself and to grow"
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The speaker predicts a general principle of delayed gratification: actions that provide immediate pleasure (feel good now) will lead to negative consequences later, while actions that are difficult in the present (feel hard now) will lead to positive outcomes in the future.
"Most things that feel good now will feel bad later and most things that feel hard now will feel good later"
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The speaker predicts that valuable advice for personal growth can only be obtained from individuals who have already achieved the desired outcome or have a similar track record. Opinions from others without this qualification are deemed irrelevant for dictating one's path.
"The only people who you want to get advice from are people who are already where you want to be or have done something similar"
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The speaker predicts that periods of intense work and self-isolation will occur during personal growth, leading to a lack of understanding from others and potential loneliness. However, genuine supporters will remain steadfast.
"I still have moments where for a period of time no one will hear from me I'll just disappear and then I'll come back and be ready to socialize again and then I'll disappear again and work really hard on whatever I'm doing and not everyone will get that not everyone will understand what you're trying to do and it can be lonely but the people who do get it will stand by you"
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The speaker predicts that over the next two years, they will continue to read significantly more books than in their entire previous life, facilitated by the use of short-form book summaries.
"through this journey of Discovery I have read more books in the past two years than I have probably in the rest of my life combined and it has been such an important part of my process which is why I wanted to talk about short form because it's one of the ways I was able to consume everything that I did"
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The speaker predicts that Shortform is the best book summary app available, offering more in-depth content than competitors like Blinkist, including both one-page and detailed chapter summaries.
"short form is a web app for reading book summaries you could use it on your laptop you could use it on your phone and it is hands down the best book summary app that I have found I've tried several including blinkist but I found that there but summaries were a bit superficial whereas some reason short form are very in-depth so you get a one-pager summary but you also get detailed chapter summaries"
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The speaker predicts that Shortform's book summaries will consistently include cross-referenced insights and contrasting viewpoints from other books and blogs, providing a more comprehensive understanding than standalone summaries.
"what I really like about it is that where they give you a summary of a book they don't just provide a summary of a book they also include Snippets where they bring in learnings and insights from other books for example after a certain section they might say although this author talks about this it is controversial because this evidence shows otherwise and they then give you a link to a book summary or a Blog that they provide additional points to consider"
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The speaker predicts that they will continue to derive more value from Shortform summaries than from any other platform they have encountered.
"I get so much value from reading a short form summary that I would any other platform that I have found"
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