Modern Wisdom

Podcast Notes Key Takeaways

• How to decide if you should outsource a task:
  • “If it involves judgment, creativity or is the number one priority, have 100% obsessive ownership over that” George McGill
  • If it’s a repetitive task or you can train someone for it, outsource it
• How to take advantage of the Power Law
  • Find something that’s unique to you and double down on that
  • If you become the top 1% at something, the returns will be astronomical
• In today’s chaotic world, it’s essential to have a simple guiding principle for all our decisions
  • If you don’t, you’ll be pulled in various different directions and won’t achieve much
• One of Charlie Munger’s principles is to avoid envy at all costs
  • Work hard to prove that your success is earned and make your product so good so that people can’t stop using it

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George Mack is a writer and a growth marketer.

If you imagine your mind as an operating system, mental models are apps that you can install to give yourself extra functionality and improved decision making.

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