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Thomas Frank Study Tips, 5 Powerful Quotes That Changed the Way I Think

5 Powerful Quotes That Changed the Way I Think

- If you've been following my channel for any length of time, then, you probably know

already, that I am a sucker for a good quote.

I love putting them in my scripts, I love building little animations for them.

So, today, I'm going to double down on that love of quotes, and share five quotes that

are very, very meaningful to me.

Some of these quotes, come from people that I know personally.

Some come from just public figures and famous people that I admire.

But each quote on this list, represents an idea that has helped me to make a big improvement

to some area of my life.

Be it, my work ethic or my ability to make decisions or my ability to update my beliefs.

These are all things that I try to live by.

And that's why I wanna share with them with you today.

And to start things off, let's just jump immediately to my favorite quote of all time.

Which comes from Bruce Lee, in his book, the Tao of Jeet Kune Do.

"Research your own experience.

"Absorb what is useful, "reject what is useless.

"And add what is essentially your own."

This quote from Bruce Lee, is a constant reminder of the fact that, as we go through life, we're

essentially, building a library of stuff that works in our brains.

Which means that, not all the advice we receive from other people, as we go through life,

is going to be useful to us.

Not all advice is applicable in every single situation or to every single person.

And if you want a great example of this, picture the CEO of a giant corporation, like Mike

Benioff, salesforce.com or Jeff Bezoz, talking to a brand new entrepreneur.

Somebody who's maybe, 19 years old, just getting their start.

If Jeff Bezos or Mark Benioff said, the best thing you can possibly do right now, to help

your company grow is, hire a bunch of assistants, so you can delegate all of your work.

Well, that would be terrible advice for that person, who was just getting started.

Because somebody like Jeff Bezos, has a lot of money, has a lot of capital resources,

but doesn't have a whole lot of personal time, given all the responsibilities and projects,

he's got going on.

So, for Jeff Bezos or Mark Benioff or some powerful CEO, delegation, hiring people, that

makes a lot of sense.

But for that scrappy first-time entrepreneur, who's just trying to get their business off

the ground, they probably don't have a whole lot of capital in the bank.

But what they do have, is time.

Maybe some time after work, every single night, where they can work on their thing.

So, for them, being scrappy, having that D-I-Y mindset, is a much better course of action

to take.

Than to attempt to use, what little funds they have, to hire someone.

Alright, so, the second quote on my list, actually comes from my friend, Charlie Houpert,

who runs the excellent channel, Charisma on Command.

And it's very, very simple.

He told this to me, I think, two years ago at VidCon.

He simply said, "what is your art and what is your ego?"

And he said this, in response to me, kind of telling him, how I was having trouble,

delegating the editing duties on my channel, which I have since done.

But back then, I had a lot of work on my plate.

Editing videos, took way more hours than it should've.

And I had other projects that I was kind of, letting kinda go, to the back-burner.

And I had this feeling at the time that, me editing my own videos.

And basically, having my hand in every single element of the production of my videos, was

what made my channel successful.

But of course, this is entirely ego talking.

I'm not the only person in the world, who can edit video.

In fact, there are many more talented editors out there than myself.

And that is a statement that is true, for basically every other part of a production

process.

There are better writers, there are better hosts, there are better editors, animators.

Whatever role you can think of, there is somebody out there, more talented than me.

And Charlie understood this before I did, and better than I did.

Which is why, he told me, ask yourself, what is your art?

What is the thing that you can contribute the best, to the thing that you're creating?

And what is just your ego?

What elements in the process are you doing, just because you have this false belief that,

you need to be doing them.

And I sat back and asked myself, what is my art, what is my ego?

And I came to the conclusion that, well, what I really contribute, what I really bring to

the table, more than anything else is, my ability to do research.

To maybe, combine it with jokes and references and things that make the overall script entertaining.

And then, my hosting, the actual filming of the video.

So, those are the areas, where I should really be focusing my time and energy and attention.

And anything else, should be outsourced to somebody who could do it better than me.

Now, if you're not an entrepreneur, if you're not running your own business, you might be

asking yourself, how does this apply to me?

Because I have a boss who delegates things to me.

I have to do what they say.

I'm the boss.

I'm your boss.

And that's true.

But you might have built this identity up for yourself that, you're the best person

for your particular role.

And a lot of people get this into their heads.

And then, they don't actually wanna move-up or branch-out or accept new responsibilities.

Because they think, that they're the only person who can deal with the current thing

that they are doing in their job.

So, this isn't advice that's only for entrepreneurs or business owners.

This is really for anybody.

Because we can all come to conclusions, we can all hold ideas in our head, that are,

in fact, supported only by our egos.

And when we really challenge the foundation of those ideas, we may realize that, what

we're doing, actually isn't the best use of our time or attention or energy.

And speaking of time and energy, the third quote on my list, is one that comes to mind,

any time that I'm feeling lazy.

It's the one that has, I think, more than any other, helped me to develop a strong work

ethic.

So, this quote is from the actor, Will Smith.

And it goes, "The only thing that I see, "that is distinctly different about me is, "I'm

not afraid to die on a treadmill.

"I will not be out-worked, period.

"You might have more talent than me, "you might be smarter than me, "you might be sexier

than me, "you might be all those things.

"You got it on me, in nine categories.

"But if we get on the treadmill together, "there's two things.

"You're getting off first or I'm going to die."

So, this isn't one of those quotes that doles out some sort of wisdom, you never really

knew about before.

It's kind of obvious.

We all know, we need to work hard.

But I love having reminders of the fact, there are people out there who understand that,

hard work beats talent, when talent doesn't work hard.

Your high school coach has probably told you that, a zillion times.

I know, my wrestling coach told me that.

But I have to be reminded of it, every so often.

Because sometimes, I find myself leaning on my talents.

Or leaning on what I've already built in the past.

And I realized that, that is just, resting on my laurels.

And I need to actually be working.

Furthermore, this is a reminder of what we can actually control.

Even if you start from a less advantageous place.

Even if you come from a less wealthy background or you have less innate talent, quote-unquote.

Or you're not as good looking as somebody out there.

What you can really control, is how hard you're willing to work.

How much you're willing to focus.

How much you're willing to push-out distractions.

How much you're willing to prioritize what you really want.

These are the things, you truly have control over.

So, those are things that you should focus on improving.

Alright, that brings us to quote number four on the list.

And this comes from my previous boss, at Iowa State University.

Back when I was a student.

But also, a student orientation assistant.

And she was basically, the director of the entire new-student programs' department.

And I remember this very distinctly.

We were getting ready to build this entire event, for all the new freshmen, coming into

campus.

And we were riding in a golf cart, over to the next thing we needed to do.

And we happened to start talking about this whole idea of, it's the thought that counts,

right?

The actual gift you give somebody or the presentation or whatever, it doesn't matter so much, as

the thought, right?

And I will never forget this.

She turned to me and she said, "It's not the thought that counts.

"Presentation matters."

and then, she continues to tell me that, if I couldn't wrap a present correctly, then,

I needed to go learn how to do it.

My grandma was good at it.

And it would be unacceptable for me to be terrible at it.

And for most of my life, I never thought this way.

I did think, it was the thought that counts.

It doesn't matter if I wrap a present terribly.

I'm giving a present to the person that I like.

Which means, that I love them, right?

They should know that.

It's the thought that counts.

But listening to her, I realized, it's the thought that counts, is kinda like, the whole

saying like, that person has a heart of gold.

It's an excuse, for what would be considered unacceptable behavior, by people who don't

already maybe, know you or love you or excuse that behavior because of that foundation of

love.

So, this really stuck with me.

It's not the thought that counts.

The presentation matters.

And in fact, if you love somebody, if you're giving them a gift or doing something to show

your appreciation for them.

Then, it should be immediately apparent from the presentation of that gift, from the gift

itself, that you do care.

You shouldn't have to make an excuse like, oh, it's the thought that counts.

It should be readily apparent.

So, anyway, her telling me that, much like, Charlie telling me to examine my ego, was

something that made me really challenge my beliefs.

And I had to change them afterward.

Because I knew, what she said was true.

And that actually brings me to my fifth and final quote on this list.

Which comes from the artificial intelligence researcher and rationality writer, Eliezer

Yudkowsky.

"Do not flinch from experiences "that might destroy your beliefs.

"The thought you cannot think, "controls you more than thoughts you speak aloud.

"Submit yourself to ordeals and test yourself in fire.

"Relinquish the emotion which rests upon a mistaken belief.

"And seek to feel fully, "that emotion which fits the facts."

To put this in some simpler words, essentially, think like a scientist, in everything you

do.

Scientists follow the scientific method.

Where, they form hypotheses.

But then, they test those hypotheses and they use the evidence they gather, to update their

beliefs.

Don't fall victim to dogma.

But instead, they are constantly seeking objective truth.

Now, this specific quote from Yudkowsky, was something that I came across, a little bit

after I really started to learn about rationality and about these ideas.

My original exposure to them, was his fan-fiction called, Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality.

Which is, frankly, a pretty well-written story, at least for fan-fictions standards.

But it's also a pretty thinly-veiled attempt, to teach people about rationality and heuristics

and biases and all these kinds of things.

And I read this, back in, I think 2013.

Right around the time, I was about to graduate from college.

And it was kind of a revelation to me.

I mean, in the past, I had always thought of myself as rational.

But really digging into these ideas and challenging some of my long-standing beliefs.

Asking myself, why was I afraid to go down certain avenues of inquiry?

Really showed me that, I wasn't quite as rational as I had thought.

And this is now, sort of, part of my core beliefs of, how I should act as a human being.

I should constantly be seeking-out points of view or perspectives or avenues of inquiry,

that do challenge my beliefs.

So, I have the potential to shatter them.

Because if my beliefs aren't rooted in truth, then, I shouldn't have them, in the first

place.

Now, if you're also interested in learning about human rationality and heuristics and

biases, well, you are in luck.

I've got two specific recommendations, for where you might want to start.

One, is something written by Eliezer Yudkowsky, himself.

And for a really long time, he really only wrote directly about these topics on, lesswrong.org,

in blog-post form.

But he recently, took all those blog-posts and turned them into an book called, Rationality:

From AI to Zombies.

Now, while I have benefited greatly from many of the essays in that book, I will say that,

if you were to say, listen to it, it is 49 hours long.

And it's still, not the most cohesive thing in the world.

So, there is some real gems in it.

But if you wanna really good place to get started, to start learning about these topics,

then, I would suggest Dan Ariely's book, Predictably Irrational.

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- If you've been following my channel for any length of time, then, you probably know - Jeśli śledzisz mój kanał od dłuższego czasu, to pewnie wiesz, że - Якщо ви стежите за моїм каналом протягом тривалого часу, то, напевно, знаєте, що

already, that I am a sucker for a good quote. schon, dass ich ein Trottel für ein gutes Zitat bin. już, że jestem frajerem dobrego cytatu. já, que sou um otário por uma boa citação. Ви вже знаєте, що я люблю хороші цитати.

I love putting them in my scripts, I love building little animations for them. Uwielbiam umieszczać je w moich skryptach, uwielbiam budować dla nich małe animacje. Я люблю включати їх у свої сценарії, люблю створювати для них маленькі анімації.

So, today, I'm going to double down on that love of quotes, and share five quotes that Dlatego dziś zamierzam podwoić tę miłość do cytatów i podzielić się pięcioma cytatami, które Тож сьогодні я подвоюю свою любов до цитат і поділюся п'ятьма цитатами, які

are very, very meaningful to me. są dla mnie bardzo, bardzo znaczące.

Some of these quotes, come from people that I know personally. Деякі з цих цитат належать людям, яких я знаю особисто.

Some come from just public figures and famous people that I admire.

But each quote on this list, represents an idea that has helped me to make a big improvement

to some area of my life.

Be it, my work ethic or my ability to make decisions or my ability to update my beliefs. Sei es meine Arbeitsmoral oder meine Fähigkeit, Entscheidungen zu treffen oder meine Fähigkeit, meine Überzeugungen zu aktualisieren. 내 직업 윤리 또는 결정을 내릴 수있는 능력 또는 내 믿음을 업데이트 할 수있는 능력이 되십시오. Чи то моя робоча етика, чи моя здатність приймати рішення, чи моя здатність оновлювати свої переконання.

These are all things that I try to live by. Це все речі, якими я намагаюся жити.

And that's why I wanna share with them with you today. І саме тому я хочу поділитися з ними сьогодні з вами.

And to start things off, let's just jump immediately to my favorite quote of all time. І для початку давайте відразу перейдемо до моєї улюбленої цитати всіх часів.

Which comes from Bruce Lee, in his book, the Tao of Jeet Kune Do. Це походить від Брюса Лі, в його книзі "Дао Джит Кун До".

"Research your own experience. „Recherchieren Sie Ihre eigenen Erfahrungen. "Pesquise sua própria experiência. "Досліджуйте власний досвід.

"Absorb what is useful, "reject what is useless. "Absorva o que é útil", rejeite o que é inútil. "Вбирайте те, що корисно, і відкидайте те, що не приносить користі.

"And add what is essentially your own." "Und füge hinzu, was im Wesentlichen dein Eigenes ist." "E adicione o que é essencialmente seu." "І додайте те, що, по суті, є вашим власним".

This quote from Bruce Lee, is a constant reminder of the fact that, as we go through life, we're Ця цитата Брюса Лі є постійним нагадуванням про те, що, йдучи по життю, ми

essentially, building a library of stuff that works in our brains. Im Wesentlichen bauen wir eine Bibliothek mit Dingen auf, die in unserem Gehirn funktionieren. essencialmente, construindo uma biblioteca de coisas que funcionam em nossos cérebros. по суті, створюючи бібліотеку речей, які працюють у нашому мозку.

Which means that, not all the advice we receive from other people, as we go through life, Це означає, що не всі поради ми отримуємо від інших людей, коли йдемо по життю,

is going to be useful to us. стане нам у пригоді.

Not all advice is applicable in every single situation or to every single person. Не всі поради можна застосувати в кожній окремій ситуації або до кожної окремої людини.

And if you want a great example of this, picture the CEO of a giant corporation, like Mike

Benioff, salesforce.com or Jeff Bezoz, talking to a brand new entrepreneur. Беніоффа, salesforce.com або Джеффа Безоза, розмовляючи з підприємцем-початківцем.

Somebody who's maybe, 19 years old, just getting their start. Хтось, кому, можливо, 19 років, хто тільки починає свій шлях.

If Jeff Bezos or Mark Benioff said, the best thing you can possibly do right now, to help Якби Джефф Безос або Марк Беніофф сказали, що найкраще, що ви можете зробити зараз, щоб допомогти

your company grow is, hire a bunch of assistants, so you can delegate all of your work. Якщо ваша компанія зростає, найміть купу помічників, щоб ви могли делегувати їм всю свою роботу.

Well, that would be terrible advice for that person, who was just getting started. Що ж, це була б жахлива порада для людини, яка тільки починає.

Because somebody like Jeff Bezos, has a lot of money, has a lot of capital resources,

but doesn't have a whole lot of personal time, given all the responsibilities and projects, але не має багато особистого часу, зважаючи на всі обов'язки та проекти,

he's got going on. що у нього відбувається.

So, for Jeff Bezos or Mark Benioff or some powerful CEO, delegation, hiring people, that

makes a lot of sense.

But for that scrappy first-time entrepreneur, who's just trying to get their business off Mutta että scrappy ensimmäistä kertaa yrittäjä, joka on juuri yrittää saada yrityksensä pois Але для підприємця-початківця, який лише намагається розпочати свій бізнес

the ground, they probably don't have a whole lot of capital in the bank. У них, напевно, не так багато капіталу в банку.

But what they do have, is time. Але що у них є, так це час.

Maybe some time after work, every single night, where they can work on their thing. Можливо, якийсь час після роботи, щовечора, де вони можуть попрацювати над своєю справою.

So, for them, being scrappy, having that D-I-Y mindset, is a much better course of action Отже, для них бути недбайливими, мати такий спосіб мислення - це набагато кращий спосіб дій.

to take.

Than to attempt to use, what little funds they have, to hire someone. Ніж намагатися використати ті невеликі кошти, які вони мають, щоб когось найняти.

Alright, so, the second quote on my list, actually comes from my friend, Charlie Houpert,

who runs the excellent channel, Charisma on Command.

And it's very, very simple.

He told this to me, I think, two years ago at VidCon.

He simply said, "what is your art and what is your ego?" Ele simplesmente disse: "qual é a sua arte e qual é o seu ego?" Він просто запитав: "Що таке твоє мистецтво, а що таке твоє его?".

And he said this, in response to me, kind of telling him, how I was having trouble, Ja hän sanoi tämän vastauksena siihen, että minä tavallaan kerroin hänelle, kuinka minulla oli ongelmia, E ele disse isso, em resposta a mim, meio que dizendo a ele, como eu estava tendo problemas, І він сказав це у відповідь на те, що я розповідав йому, як мені важко,

delegating the editing duties on my channel, which I have since done. delegando as tarefas de edição no meu canal, o que eu fiz desde então. делегувати обов'язки редактора на моєму каналі, що я відтоді і роблю.

But back then, I had a lot of work on my plate. Mas naquela época, eu tinha muito trabalho no meu prato. Але тоді у мене було багато роботи.

Editing videos, took way more hours than it should've. A edição de vídeos levou muito mais horas do que deveria. Монтаж відео зайняв набагато більше годин, ніж мав би.

And I had other projects that I was kind of, letting kinda go, to the back-burner. 그리고 나는 다른 종류의 프로젝트를 가졌습니다. E eu tinha outros projetos que eu meio que deixei ir, para o segundo plano. У мене були й інші проекти, які я відкладав у довгий ящик, на задній план.

And I had this feeling at the time that, me editing my own videos. Minusta tuntui tuolloin, että kun editoin omia videoitani, - E eu tinha essa sensação na época em editar meus próprios vídeos. І в мене тоді було таке відчуття, що я монтую свої власні відео.

And basically, having my hand in every single element of the production of my videos, was E basicamente, ter minha mão em todos os elementos da produção dos meus vídeos, era І, по суті, брати участь у кожному елементі виробництва моїх відео, було

what made my channel successful. o que fez meu canal ter sucesso. що зробило мій канал успішним.

But of course, this is entirely ego talking. Mas é claro, isso é totalmente egoísmo. Але, звісно, це все виключно егоїстичні міркування.

I'm not the only person in the world, who can edit video. Não sou a única pessoa no mundo que pode editar vídeos. Я не єдина людина у світі, яка вміє монтувати відео.

In fact, there are many more talented editors out there than myself. De fato, existem muitos editores mais talentosos do que eu. Насправді є набагато талановитіші редактори, ніж я.

And that is a statement that is true, for basically every other part of a production E essa é uma afirmação verdadeira, basicamente para todas as outras partes de uma produção І це твердження справедливе практично для будь-якої іншої частини виробництва

process.

There are better writers, there are better hosts, there are better editors, animators. On olemassa parempia kirjoittajia, parempia juontajia, parempia toimittajia ja animaattoreita. Є кращі сценаристи, є кращі ведучі, є кращі редактори, аніматори.

Whatever role you can think of, there is somebody out there, more talented than me. Про яку б роль ви не думали, завжди знайдеться хтось талановитіший за мене.

And Charlie understood this before I did, and better than I did. І Чарлі зрозумів це раніше за мене, і навіть краще за мене.

Which is why, he told me, ask yourself, what is your art? Ось чому, сказав він мені, запитай себе, що таке твоє мистецтво?

What is the thing that you can contribute the best, to the thing that you're creating? У що ви можете зробити найбільший внесок у те, що створюєте?

And what is just your ego? А що таке просто ваше его?

What elements in the process are you doing, just because you have this false belief that, Які елементи процесу ви робите просто тому, що у вас є хибне переконання, що,

you need to be doing them.

And I sat back and asked myself, what is my art, what is my ego?

And I came to the conclusion that, well, what I really contribute, what I really bring to І я дійшов висновку, що те, що я дійсно роблю, те, що я дійсно приношу в

the table, more than anything else is, my ability to do research. таблицю, більше за все - це моя здатність проводити дослідження.

To maybe, combine it with jokes and references and things that make the overall script entertaining. Можливо, поєднати його з жартами, посиланнями та іншими речами, які зроблять загальний сценарій цікавим.

And then, my hosting, the actual filming of the video. А потім, мій хостинг, власне зйомки відео.

So, those are the areas, where I should really be focusing my time and energy and attention. Отже, це ті сфери, на яких я дійсно повинен зосередити свій час, енергію та увагу.

And anything else, should be outsourced to somebody who could do it better than me.

Now, if you're not an entrepreneur, if you're not running your own business, you might be

asking yourself, how does this apply to me?

Because I have a boss who delegates things to me.

I have to do what they say.

I'm the boss.

I'm your boss.

And that's true.

But you might have built this identity up for yourself that, you're the best person

for your particular role.

And a lot of people get this into their heads.

And then, they don't actually wanna move-up or branch-out or accept new responsibilities.

Because they think, that they're the only person who can deal with the current thing

that they are doing in their job.

So, this isn't advice that's only for entrepreneurs or business owners.

This is really for anybody.

Because we can all come to conclusions, we can all hold ideas in our head, that are,

in fact, supported only by our egos.

And when we really challenge the foundation of those ideas, we may realize that, what

we're doing, actually isn't the best use of our time or attention or energy.

And speaking of time and energy, the third quote on my list, is one that comes to mind,

any time that I'm feeling lazy. коли мені ліньки.

It's the one that has, I think, more than any other, helped me to develop a strong work Саме вона, як мені здається, більше, ніж будь-яка інша, допомогла мені розвинути сильну творчість

ethic. етика.

So, this quote is from the actor, Will Smith. Отже, ця цитата належить акторові Віллу Сміту.

And it goes, "The only thing that I see, "that is distinctly different about me is, "I'm І він каже: "Єдине, що я бачу, що виразно відрізняє мене від інших, - це те, що я

not afraid to die on a treadmill. не боятися померти на біговій доріжці.

"I will not be out-worked, period. "나는 일이 끝나지 않을 것이다. "Я не буду безробітним, і крапка.

"You might have more talent than me, "you might be smarter than me, "you might be sexier "Можливо, у тебе більше таланту, ніж у мене, можливо, ти розумніша за мене, можливо, ти сексуальніша".

than me, "you might be all those things. ніж я, "ти можеш бути всім цим.

"You got it on me, in nine categories. "Sinulla on sitä minua vastaan, yhdeksässä kategoriassa. "Ви отримали його на мене, в дев'яти категоріях.

"But if we get on the treadmill together, "there's two things. "Але якщо ми стаємо на бігову доріжку разом, є дві речі.

"You're getting off first or I'm going to die." "Você está saindo primeiro ou eu vou morrer." "Ти зійдеш першим, або я помру".

So, this isn't one of those quotes that doles out some sort of wisdom, you never really Отже, це не одна з тих цитат, які розливають якусь мудрість, ви ніколи не

knew about before. знав про це раніше.

It's kind of obvious. Це ж очевидно.

We all know, we need to work hard. Ми всі знаємо, що потрібно багато працювати.

But I love having reminders of the fact, there are people out there who understand that, Але мені подобається мати нагадування про те, що є люди, які це розуміють,

hard work beats talent, when talent doesn't work hard. trabalho duro vence talento, quando talento não trabalha duro. наполеглива праця перемагає талант, коли талант не працює наполегливо.

Your high school coach has probably told you that, a zillion times. Seu treinador do ensino médio provavelmente já lhe disse isso, um zilhão de vezes. Ваш шкільний тренер, напевно, говорив вам це мільйон разів.

I know, my wrestling coach told me that. Eu sei, meu treinador de luta romana me disse isso. Я знаю, мій тренер з боротьби казав мені це.

But I have to be reminded of it, every so often. Mas tenho que me lembrar disso de vez em quando. Але мені доводиться час від часу про це нагадувати.

Because sometimes, I find myself leaning on my talents. Porque, às vezes, me pego apoiando meus talentos. Тому що іноді я ловлю себе на тому, що покладаюся на свої таланти.

Or leaning on what I've already built in the past. Ou apoiando-se no que já construí no passado. Або спираючись на те, що я вже побудував у минулому.

And I realized that, that is just, resting on my laurels. E eu percebi que, isso é justo, descansando nos meus louros. І я зрозумів, що це просто спочивання на лаврах.

And I need to actually be working. E eu preciso realmente estar trabalhando. А мені потрібно працювати.

Furthermore, this is a reminder of what we can actually control. Крім того, це нагадування про те, що ми можемо контролювати.

Even if you start from a less advantageous place. Mesmo se você começar de um lugar menos vantajoso. Навіть якщо ви починаєте з менш вигідного місця.

Even if you come from a less wealthy background or you have less innate talent, quote-unquote. Vaikka tulisitkin vähemmän varakkaasta taustasta tai sinulla olisi vähemmän synnynnäistä lahjakkuutta, lainausmerkeissä. Mesmo que você tenha um histórico menos rico ou tenha menos talento inato, aspas. Навіть якщо ви походите з менш заможного середовища або у вас менше вроджених талантів, без лапок.

Or you're not as good looking as somebody out there. Або ти не такий гарний, як хтось інший.

What you can really control, is how hard you're willing to work. O que você realmente pode controlar é o quanto você está disposto a trabalhar. Що ви дійсно можете контролювати, так це те, наскільки важко ви готові працювати.

How much you're willing to focus. Quanto você está disposto a se concentrar. Наскільки ви готові зосередитися.

How much you're willing to push-out distractions. Quanto você está disposto a eliminar distrações. Наскільки ви готові витіснити відволікаючі фактори.

How much you're willing to prioritize what you really want. Quanto você está disposto a priorizar o que realmente deseja.

These are the things, you truly have control over. Nämä ovat asioita, joihin sinulla on todella vaikutusvaltaa. Essas são as coisas sobre as quais você realmente tem controle.

So, those are things that you should focus on improving.

Alright, that brings us to quote number four on the list. Tudo bem, isso nos leva a citar o número quatro da lista.

And this comes from my previous boss, at Iowa State University.

Back when I was a student.

But also, a student orientation assistant.

And she was basically, the director of the entire new-student programs' department.

And I remember this very distinctly.

We were getting ready to build this entire event, for all the new freshmen, coming into

campus.

And we were riding in a golf cart, over to the next thing we needed to do. E estávamos andando em um carrinho de golfe, para a próxima coisa que precisávamos fazer.

And we happened to start talking about this whole idea of, it's the thought that counts, Satuimme puhumaan koko ajatuksesta, jonka mukaan ajatus ratkaisee, E começamos a conversar sobre toda essa ideia, é o pensamento que conta,

right?

The actual gift you give somebody or the presentation or whatever, it doesn't matter so much, as O presente que você dá a alguém, a apresentação ou o que quer que seja, não importa tanto, quanto

the thought, right?

And I will never forget this.

She turned to me and she said, "It's not the thought that counts. Ela se virou para mim e disse: "Não é o pensamento que conta.

"Presentation matters." "A apresentação é importante."

and then, she continues to tell me that, if I couldn't wrap a present correctly, then, ja sitten hän jatkaa minulle, että jos en osaa paketoida lahjaa oikein, niin sitten, e então, ela continua me dizendo que, se eu não conseguisse embrulhar um presente corretamente,

I needed to go learn how to do it.

My grandma was good at it. Minha avó era boa nisso.

And it would be unacceptable for me to be terrible at it. E seria inaceitável que eu fosse terrível nisso.

And for most of my life, I never thought this way. E durante a maior parte da minha vida, nunca pensei assim.

I did think, it was the thought that counts. Eu pensei, era o pensamento que conta.

It doesn't matter if I wrap a present terribly. Não importa se eu embrulho um presente terrivelmente.

I'm giving a present to the person that I like. Estou dando um presente para a pessoa que eu gosto.

Which means, that I love them, right?

They should know that.

It's the thought that counts.

But listening to her, I realized, it's the thought that counts, is kinda like, the whole Mas ouvi-la, eu percebi, é o pensamento que conta, é tipo, o todo

saying like, that person has a heart of gold. dizendo assim, essa pessoa tem um coração de ouro.

It's an excuse, for what would be considered unacceptable behavior, by people who don't Se on tekosyy sille, mitä ihmiset, jotka eivät tunne sitä, eivät voi hyväksyä. É uma desculpa, para o que seria considerado comportamento inaceitável, por pessoas que não

already maybe, know you or love you or excuse that behavior because of that foundation of

love.

So, this really stuck with me. Tämä jäi todella mieleeni. Então, isso realmente ficou comigo.

It's not the thought that counts. Não é o pensamento que conta.

The presentation matters. A apresentação é importante.

And in fact, if you love somebody, if you're giving them a gift or doing something to show

your appreciation for them.

Then, it should be immediately apparent from the presentation of that gift, from the gift Silloin sen pitäisi olla välittömästi ilmeistä lahjan esittämisestä, lahjasta, lahjasta Então, deve ser imediatamente aparente a partir da apresentação desse presente, do presente

itself, that you do care.

You shouldn't have to make an excuse like, oh, it's the thought that counts. Você não deveria ter que dar uma desculpa como, oh, é o pensamento que conta.

It should be readily apparent. Deve ser prontamente aparente.

So, anyway, her telling me that, much like, Charlie telling me to examine my ego, was Então, de qualquer maneira, ela me dizendo que, bem como, Charlie me dizendo para examinar meu ego, era

something that made me really challenge my beliefs. algo que me fez realmente desafiar minhas crenças.

And I had to change them afterward.

Because I knew, what she said was true.

And that actually brings me to my fifth and final quote on this list.

Which comes from the artificial intelligence researcher and rationality writer, Eliezer Joka tulee tekoälytutkijalta ja rationaalisuuskirjoittajalta Eliezeriltä. Que vem do pesquisador de inteligência artificial e escritor de racionalidade, Eliezer

Yudkowsky.

"Do not flinch from experiences "that might destroy your beliefs. "Älä kavahda kokemuksia, jotka saattavat tuhota uskomuksesi". "Não recue de experiências" que possam destruir suas crenças.

"The thought you cannot think, "controls you more than thoughts you speak aloud. "O pensamento que você não pode pensar" controla você mais do que pensamentos que você fala em voz alta.

"Submit yourself to ordeals and test yourself in fire. "Submeta-se a provações e teste-se no fogo.

"Relinquish the emotion which rests upon a mistaken belief. "잘못된 믿음에 근거한 감정을 포기하십시오. "Abandone a emoção que repousa sobre uma crença equivocada.

"And seek to feel fully, "that emotion which fits the facts." "그리고 사실에 맞는 감정을 온전히 느끼려고 노력하십시오." "E procure sentir-se plenamente", aquela emoção que se encaixa nos fatos. "

To put this in some simpler words, essentially, think like a scientist, in everything you Para colocar isso em algumas palavras mais simples, essencialmente, pense como um cientista, em tudo que você

do.

Scientists follow the scientific method.

Where, they form hypotheses. Onde, eles formam hipóteses.

But then, they test those hypotheses and they use the evidence they gather, to update their Mas, então, eles testam essas hipóteses e usam as evidências que coletam para atualizar suas

beliefs.

Don't fall victim to dogma. Não seja vítima de dogma.

But instead, they are constantly seeking objective truth. Mas, em vez disso, eles estão constantemente buscando a verdade objetiva.

Now, this specific quote from Yudkowsky, was something that I came across, a little bit Agora, esta citação específica de Yudkowsky, foi algo que me deparei, um pouco

after I really started to learn about rationality and about these ideas.

My original exposure to them, was his fan-fiction called, Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality. Minha exposição original a eles foi sua ficção de fãs chamada Harry Potter e os Métodos da Racionalidade.

Which is, frankly, a pretty well-written story, at least for fan-fictions standards. Se on suoraan sanottuna melko hyvin kirjoitettu tarina, ainakin fanifiktioiden standardeihin nähden.

But it's also a pretty thinly-veiled attempt, to teach people about rationality and heuristics

and biases and all these kinds of things.

And I read this, back in, I think 2013.

Right around the time, I was about to graduate from college.

And it was kind of a revelation to me.

I mean, in the past, I had always thought of myself as rational.

But really digging into these ideas and challenging some of my long-standing beliefs.

Asking myself, why was I afraid to go down certain avenues of inquiry? Perguntando-me, por que eu estava com medo de seguir certos caminhos de investigação?

Really showed me that, I wasn't quite as rational as I had thought.

And this is now, sort of, part of my core beliefs of, how I should act as a human being.

I should constantly be seeking-out points of view or perspectives or avenues of inquiry,

that do challenge my beliefs.

So, I have the potential to shatter them.

Because if my beliefs aren't rooted in truth, then, I shouldn't have them, in the first Porque se minhas crenças não estão enraizadas na verdade, então eu não deveria tê-las, no primeiro

place.

Now, if you're also interested in learning about human rationality and heuristics and

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I've got two specific recommendations, for where you might want to start.

One, is something written by Eliezer Yudkowsky, himself.

And for a really long time, he really only wrote directly about these topics on, lesswrong.org,

in blog-post form.

But he recently, took all those blog-posts and turned them into an book called, Rationality:

From AI to Zombies.

Now, while I have benefited greatly from many of the essays in that book, I will say that,

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And it's still, not the most cohesive thing in the world. E ainda não é a coisa mais coesa do mundo.

So, there is some real gems in it. Portanto, existem algumas verdadeiras jóias nele.

But if you wanna really good place to get started, to start learning about these topics,

then, I would suggest Dan Ariely's book, Predictably Irrational. então, eu sugeriria o livro de Dan Ariely, Previsivelmente irracional.

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