Happiness

Do a Calendar Audit

Chris Labs

What’s a calendar audit? For one week, you keep track of each hour. And then what you do, the next week you just go back and pull up last week’s calendar and you take 3 colored markers. Green, red, and yellow marker. Which block gave me energy? Mark them in green. Which things sucked the energy out of me? I was drained after doing it? Mark them in red. Which block were neutral? Mark them in yellow. You look at the painting and you try to do less of the red stuff. Literally just by avoiding it, automating it or … Continue reading Do a Calendar Audit

Learnings

Build something a small number of people want a large amount

Chris Labs

Think of it this way. If something is wanted a large amount by a large number of people, it exists already. So you’re left with 3 options. Imagine the graph below: Large Number of PeopleWant Little Large Number of PeopleWant a lot Small Number of PeopleWant Little Small Number of PeopleWant a lot So the upper right corner is in red because it exists already. Now the bottom left (Small number of people wants little) is not worth pursuing so it’s in red also. You’re left with the top left and bottom right. Paul Graham says you should always go … Continue reading Build something a small number of people want a large amount

Learnings

In six months from now, will you be happy to have started doing this today?

Chris Labs

That’s the way to think about starting boring stuff. Some projects have wonderful long-term results but because these are long-terms, they are pushed back. For example, blogging is a great example. You won’t see results today, but in 6months or a year from now, you’ll be so happy to have written this article when you’re in the google snippets. Same thing for fitness. Sam Parr, My First Million Continue reading In six months from now, will you be happy to have started doing this today?

Learnings

Meditation is like an email mailbox

Chris Labs

As we grow up, so many things are happening in your life. Some of it you’re processing, some of it you’re absorbing and some of it you should probably think a bit more about. So it’s just like an email inbox. It’s piling up. Email after email. Goign back 10, 20, 30 years. And when you start to meditate, those emails start coming back to you. What about this issue? What about that? It’s scary. So people think I can’t clear my mind. But really what’s happening it’s like self-therapy. And you just have to sit there and process those … Continue reading Meditation is like an email mailbox

Learnings

Memorize stuff is the worst thing, you can do. You need to understand it. A good way to do so is to articulate it in writing or talking.

Chris Labs

There are gaps in thinking where you make leaps. Because youère kind to yourself. But you don’t know you’re making those. But when you’re forced to write it down, or to articulate it, or talk to somebody, you have to complete those gaps and make it a logical chain. Naval Ravikant, Joe Rogan Experience #1309, 1h32mins Continue reading Memorize stuff is the worst thing, you can do. You need to understand it. A good way to do so is to articulate it in writing or talking.