And so it’s clearer to programmers that wealth is something that’s made, rather than being distributed, like slices of a pie.
– Paul Graham in How to Make Wealth
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Programmers & Wealth
Saturday, November 20th, 2010Handling “emergencies” with GTD
Thursday, November 18th, 2010Probably 95% of my usage of my own system is to allow me to feel comfortable with a change of plans.
We Are What We Repeatedly Do
Friday, August 27th, 2010We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
– Aristotle
Except for this one thing
Monday, July 19th, 2010If it’s been done “except for this one thing” for days, there’s likely a design problem with that one thing.
Patterns
Saturday, June 12th, 2010We go based on the patterns that have worked before to get us where we’ve got, as if where we are is exactly where we want to be.
– T Harv Eker
Joy
Friday, June 11th, 2010Joy is a clue from the heart.
– T Harv Eker
Bars in your prison
Thursday, June 10th, 2010My contention is that every single one of the things that you’re doing based in fear and obligation is simply another bar in your prison — the prison that you’re holding yourself in.
– T Harv Eker
Scarcity + Shipping
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010Scarcity creates value. People pay extra for things that are hard to get, while things that have a surplus go cheap. That’s basic economics.
So, what’s scarce? The ability to ship.
– Seth Godin
The Pie Fallacy
Tuesday, June 8th, 2010A surprising number of people retain from childhood the idea that there is a fixed amount of wealth in the world. [...] What leads people astray here is the abstraction of money. Money is not wealth. It’s just something we use to move wealth around.
– Paul Graham on How to Make Wealth