Resonance library

“Those who were unlucky in life in spite of their skills would eventually rise. The lucky fool might have benefited from some luck in life; over the longer run he would slowly converge to the state of a less-lucky idiot. Each one would revert to his long-term properties."

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets

Go to: High agency, Luck/serendipity, On life and learning, Memos

High agency

  • Are you a high-agency person?, Ryan Holiday (link)
  • High agency: what is it…how to cultivate it, Shreyas Doshi (link)
  • The most precious resource is agency, Simon Sarris (link)
  • “Don’t be afraid to ask for help”, Steve Jobs (link)
  • High agency explained, George Mack (link)
  • “Failure does not matter. Success matters”, Vinod Khosla (link)
  • 54 lessons for entrepreneurs from Ryan Holiday’s Conspiracy, Steve Glaveski (link)
  • You are not a lottery ticket, Peter Thiel (link)

Luck/serendipity

  • How to create your own career luck, Christian Busch (link)
  • How to create luck (link)
  • How to maximize serendipity, David Perell (link)
  • 3 ways to attract more luck into your life, Polina Pompliano (link)
  • Summary: Chase, chance, and creativity: The lucky art of novelty (link)
  • Chance, creativity, and idiosyncratic traits, Omar Ismail (link)

On life and learning

  • The path to mastery, Robert Greene (link)
  • The road to self renewal, John Gardener (link)
  • How well do you integrate? (link)
  • Crucibles of leadership, Warren Bennis and Robert J. Thomas (link)
  • Competition is for losers, Peter Thiel (link)
  • Peter Thiel’s Religion, David Perell (link)

Memos

Memos help demystify how people/institutions work.

  • Official emails, Michael Lynton - CEO Sony Pictures Entertainment (link)
  • Activist letters to CEOs/Boards, Carl Icahn (link)
  • ‘Saying no’ as a VC, Sam Altman (Email)
  • No detail is too small to attend to, Amar Bhide (link)