A Few Old Fashioned Things I Still Believe-⁠↗
Highlights
You don’t need to have an opinion on everything. It’s perfectly reasonable to have no opinion on something that you haven’t researched or don’t understand.
Embracing a bit of friction in your life is a good thing. When you obsessively remove friction, sometimes you remove the very thing that created meaning and self-worth.
Most people you look up to are remarkably unremarkable. That’s not disappointing—that’s an empowering realization.
Second-order thinkers are always in short supply. Consistently asking “and then what?” is a tried-and-true method to stand out in a world of first-order thinkers.