🧔🏽 "be more disciplined & rational"
🧔🏽 "do what scares you, take a risk, follow your bliss"
Which is right?
BOTH
What is 'wrong' is what both seek to point you away from
...the middle (a thread) ⬇️
🧔🏽 "do what scares you, take a risk, follow your bliss"
Which is right?
BOTH
What is 'wrong' is what both seek to point you away from
...the middle (a thread) ⬇️
The picture above is the barbell strategy
A investment strategy which very simply put allocates
80-90% in the low risk/low reward
10-20% in the high risk/high reward
Avoiding everything in the middle
A investment strategy which very simply put allocates
80-90% in the low risk/low reward
10-20% in the high risk/high reward
Avoiding everything in the middle
💵 Income Example:
30-40 hour a week job or contract work
Stable, not too demanding
The type of job where once you step out the door there is no additional work
Bonus if it's aligned to a interest of yours
30-40 hour a week job or contract work
Stable, not too demanding
The type of job where once you step out the door there is no additional work
Bonus if it's aligned to a interest of yours
70-90% goes into that job
10-30% goes into a higher risk side project that excites you
Large upside, Large reward, Large enjoyment
🔑 Humans simultaneously have a need for CERTAINTY & UNCERTAINTY
The barbell approach satisfies both ends of the spectrum
10-30% goes into a higher risk side project that excites you
Large upside, Large reward, Large enjoyment
🔑 Humans simultaneously have a need for CERTAINTY & UNCERTAINTY
The barbell approach satisfies both ends of the spectrum
🥩 Nutrition Example
80-90% meals at home, fairly simple & healthy
10-20% of the time the best restaurants, your favorite foods, exploring hidden gem spots
👔 Clothing Example
80-90% Unbranded basics, jeans, tees, henley's, joggers
10-20% Quality suits, your favorite brands
80-90% meals at home, fairly simple & healthy
10-20% of the time the best restaurants, your favorite foods, exploring hidden gem spots
👔 Clothing Example
80-90% Unbranded basics, jeans, tees, henley's, joggers
10-20% Quality suits, your favorite brands
Trying to be liked, while also trying to not be disliked
Is a example of playing in the middle
It's playing to NOT lose, instead of playing to win
Without authenticity, boldness, uniqueness
You won't be compelling
You'll be offering the same as everyone in the middle
Is a example of playing in the middle
It's playing to NOT lose, instead of playing to win
Without authenticity, boldness, uniqueness
You won't be compelling
You'll be offering the same as everyone in the middle
If something is not compelling
People will have low motivation, low desire, low reason to invest time/energy/emotions
Which = low returns, low upside
But just like the barbell strategy...
To be more unfiltered/bold/unique
You'll need your baseline of needs already met
People will have low motivation, low desire, low reason to invest time/energy/emotions
Which = low returns, low upside
But just like the barbell strategy...
To be more unfiltered/bold/unique
You'll need your baseline of needs already met
Already having clients, already having friends, having dating options
^ this makes you not dependent on the outcome
The balance of certainty & uncertainty
Thank you for reading
Cheers 🥂
- Yous
^ this makes you not dependent on the outcome
The balance of certainty & uncertainty
Thank you for reading
Cheers 🥂
- Yous
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