Log Reflection
I’ve kept several journals to help debug my mind. The goal is to fix leaks in my game.iPhone Diary Reviewwriting allowed me to create concepts too large to fit all-at-once in my mentallack of patience sitting in my positionsinexperience with high volatilityinconsistencies between long-term view and short-term positioningfailure to identify and articulate my edgetrading based on the 15m chartI wrote most of my iPhone Diary while experimenting with scalping and swing trading: a search for low t...
Log Reflection
I’ve kept several journals to help debug my mind. The goal is to fix leaks in my game.iPhone Diary Reviewwriting allowed me to create concepts too large to fit all-at-once in my mentallack of patience sitting in my positionsinexperience with high volatilityinconsistencies between long-term view and short-term positioningfailure to identify and articulate my edgetrading based on the 15m chartI wrote most of my iPhone Diary while experimenting with scalping and swing trading: a search for low t...
concentration and dispersion
Better to have the skills of a legendary poker player than to simply run good for a few years. So what do I want to be at the end of this growth process? What’s the description of my skills, who I am?healthyan effortless wealth-generatormy skill level and systems are so excellent that earning wild chunks of capital happens essentially of its own accordartful blend of quant and discretionary, generically applicable to any endeavor involving risk or warfightingMy latest approach to (1) engaging...
concentration and dispersion
Better to have the skills of a legendary poker player than to simply run good for a few years. So what do I want to be at the end of this growth process? What’s the description of my skills, who I am?healthyan effortless wealth-generatormy skill level and systems are so excellent that earning wild chunks of capital happens essentially of its own accordartful blend of quant and discretionary, generically applicable to any endeavor involving risk or warfightingMy latest approach to (1) engaging...
the danger of justification
I realize that I’ve fallen prey to the insidious academic habit of always needing to find justifications, historical precedents, rationalizations, explanations, defensible reasons and well-researched hedges for doing anything, for trying anything new. For me, this introduces so much friction that I fail to accomplish nearly as much as I’m capable of. Moving forward, we’ll try new things, keep what works, and discard what doesn’t. Rinse and repeat.
the danger of justification
I realize that I’ve fallen prey to the insidious academic habit of always needing to find justifications, historical precedents, rationalizations, explanations, defensible reasons and well-researched hedges for doing anything, for trying anything new. For me, this introduces so much friction that I fail to accomplish nearly as much as I’m capable of. Moving forward, we’ll try new things, keep what works, and discard what doesn’t. Rinse and repeat.
self-conversation
I’ve realized there are two types of writing:one is intended as a dialogue, to clarify and simplify my on-the-fly thinkingone is intended as a static building, to preserve ideas in some ideal stateFor a while, I was continually frustrated because of self-inconsistency; I implicitly wrote with different goals but subjected all my writing to the same bar of “finished, polished, static product which will last the ages.” I’ve found that my writing is scattered in different locations; this is beca...
self-conversation
I’ve realized there are two types of writing:one is intended as a dialogue, to clarify and simplify my on-the-fly thinkingone is intended as a static building, to preserve ideas in some ideal stateFor a while, I was continually frustrated because of self-inconsistency; I implicitly wrote with different goals but subjected all my writing to the same bar of “finished, polished, static product which will last the ages.” I’ve found that my writing is scattered in different locations; this is beca...
community design
How do I hack my brain to be clearly and constantly reminded, to truly become enmeshed in communities of excellence, whose consistent results are what I want out of life? Ideally, I can talk to anybody I wish — historical figures, billionaires, great leaders. This this isn’t currently possible, but I can leverage technology to immerse myself in visual and auditory content to the point where my monkey brain believes my immediate community is one of such excellence; it’s mundane and normal for ...
community design
How do I hack my brain to be clearly and constantly reminded, to truly become enmeshed in communities of excellence, whose consistent results are what I want out of life? Ideally, I can talk to anybody I wish — historical figures, billionaires, great leaders. This this isn’t currently possible, but I can leverage technology to immerse myself in visual and auditory content to the point where my monkey brain believes my immediate community is one of such excellence; it’s mundane and normal for ...
