Obliquity, Low vs High Intelligence, Do Great Work

One Insight From Me

Winning the new year isn’t about adding more. It starts with removing what’s quietly working against you. ​Subtraction before addition​.

Less screen time. Less alcohol. Less sugar. Less toxic people. Then, once there’s space, you add the good things. More sleep. More movement. More intimacy. More presence.

It’s not dramatic. It’s not extreme. Just small, honest adjustments that compound. Clear out the noise first. Then let the good stuff in.

Three Ideas From Other People

Most real-life problems have less clear descriptions. Our high-level objectives are loosely defined and cannot be completely broken down in advance into specific goals and actions.

John Kay | ​Obliquity‍​

Low-intelligence people get stuck on problems rather than solving them. They hit a roadblock and quit. Like a writer who fails to build a readership and quits because they lack the ability to try new things, experiment, and figure out a process that works for them (to think that there isn’t an effective process you can create is verifiably false, no matter your limiting beliefs, hence being low intelligence.)

High intelligence is realizing any problem can be solved on a large enough timescale. The reality is that you can achieve any goal you set your mind to.

Dan Koe | ​How to Fix Your Entire Life in 1 Day‍​

The only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.

Steve Jobs

One Question to Reflect On

What’s one thing you need to remove—and what’s one good thing you’ll make more space for?