Don't be a turkey 💎 Issue #29
Plus: Recipes for creating luck, your best work, and live your best 30's.
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Don’t be a turkey.
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How to Create Luck | 7 min read
If you don’t believe in the possibility of luck being created you will get closer to be convinced by this article. What about the kinds of luck? How many do you recognize? This article exposes 4, and together with the notion of “Luck Surface Area” we are getting some framework starters to increase our chances in our future adventures and experiments.
10 Life Lessons to Excel in Your 30s | 17 min read
What would you expect to obtain when 600 people give their best advice on how to approach your 30’s? I expected a mix of surprising and obvious, and I was not disappointed. An obvious example: “Start Saving for Retirement Now, Not Later”. A surprising one: “Don’t Be Afraid of Taking Risks, You Can Still Change”.
Make Time To Do Your Best Work. | 8 min read
Part essay, part recipe, here’s a delicious piece on the merits of carving the conditions to do what we love and are best at. “Some people live for the weekend. But that is only two days of the week. And there are five workdays. It is much better, even just for mathematical reasons, to do something that you love as you will spend more time on it than anything else. Plus, it will make you happier. And you still get to have as much fun as you want on the weekends.”
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