Clear Thinking — Key Learnings (Shane Parrish)
Safeguards Against Weaknesse Follow good models of others Create a personal board of directors Ask for their advice before you make any decisions Inbuilt vs Acquired Weaknesses Inbuilt weaknesses → safeguards Acquired weaknesses → strength + safeguards Identify Blind Spots Identify your blind spots and weaknesses to avoid repeating them Safeguard against inbuilt weaknesses 1. Prevention Avoid decision-making in unfavorable conditions Use HALT: Hungry Angry Lonely Tired Deal with these conditions first before anything else 2....
My Learning: "Supercommunicators" by Charles Duhigg
Most of the time, we are having three types of conversations: What is this about? → Decision making, logical How are we feeling? → Discuss what we are feeling Who are we? → Social conversation, identity All super communicators effectively synchronize neurologically. Neurological synchronization is alignment of our brains, bodies, and everything from breath, eye pupils, gestures, etc. Super communicators don’t just mirror but rather they gently let people nudge them to hear one another and help them explain themselves clearly....
Reset & Growth Plan
Reset & Growth Plan Run a Reset Review Why you failed in 2025? Find failure reasons. Adopt a theme for 2026 → choose a single word → create. 90-Day Challenge 90 days streak → do what works & what does not, then reset. Protect Your Time Protect your first hour for deep work. Two-minute rule → complete the task if it takes less than two minutes immediately. Weekly Systems Weekly shutdown ritual → set up 5 minutes aside on Friday & plan for Monday....
My Learning: "Richard Feynman’s Mental Models" by Peter Hollins
Chapter 1 Focus on not what you think but how you think. Think like a Martian, as if you’re new to the earth. Let go of preconceived notions and beliefs. Symbols assignments are not knowledge. Work hard…take a rest…work hard again. Taking a rest is part of the process. Scientific thinking is about the structure of how you think, make observations, and gather data. Make a guess about a law and conduct an experiment; if the law agrees with nature, then it supports your hypothesis....
My Learning: "Ultralearning" by Scott H. Young
9 Steps of Ultralearning Step 1: Research Spend at least 10-15% of total project time on this to figure out details. Answers three questions: What: Start looking into how knowledge is structured in that particular field. Why: Why do you want to learn it? Find intrinsic motivation instead of extrensic. Intrinsic motivation always beats extrensic. Take help from people who already master it. Ask for advice. Don’t be shy to ask the reason....