Peter Hollins

“So much to do, and not enough time to do it.”

A clean desk can help create a clear mind, and a clear mind is much more able to remain disciplined.

If your heart is not fit enough to run the length of it, then you will find yourself stopping halfway through and giving up before you reach the finish line.

people sometimes act first, then create justifications for their actions after the fact

Here’s a riddle you may have heard before.

They’re hard to catch, but people love to use straw man arguments when they feel like they have nothing legitimate on their side, so they have to make their arguments about the implications, or ripple effect, and not the argument itself

measure by contrast.

It’s the error of being swayed by a relative value in comparison to something that doesn’t matter versus the absolute value, which is very often the metric you should actually be considering.

Events themselves are neutral, and are only positive or negative based on the worldview one holds towards them

It is the skill of being able to do two things: simplify concepts to explain them from a bird’s eye view, yet understanding the underlying logic to be able to elaborate as necessary

The three steps are, in order:

Recognize Assumptions
Evaluation Information
Draw Conclusions