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Sometimes continued doubt is not discernment. It is fear refusing to act on what the evidence already says.
Identity shapes action, action becomes evidence, and results arrive downstream.
A working philosophy for making decisions about self, others, ambition, work, and fate.
If the self is constructed, the question is not who you are but what your actions are turning you into.
You know how you feel when you see someone and they are just scarily diligent? Their focus, drive, etc. is on another level?
Where you grow up causally shapes your outcomes. The mechanism is psychological: your environment constructs what you believe you deserve.
How we should split rooms in a suite if the room the group wants is contested.
Why practice should stay as close as possible to the skill you actually want to improve.
Questions to ask myself every so often.
Why playing defensively gives the enemy free space, and how to make every step they take cost something.
How brand names and degrees are proxies for ability, but don't reflect what someone actually knows or can do.
Key insights from Maxwell Maltz's Psycho-Cybernetics about how our self-image shapes our behavior and success.