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Brian Ji
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    Brian Ji
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    Nov 2, 2023
    Sam Altman: "A big secret is that you can bend the world to your will a surprising percentage of the time—most people don’t even try, and just accept that things are the way that they are. People have an enormous capacity to make things happen. A combination of self-doubt,
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    Brian Ji
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    Oct 14, 2023
    Peter Thiel: "Many of the more successful entrepreneurs [in Silicon Valley] seem to be suffering from a mild form of Asperger’s, where it’s like you’re missing the imitation, socialisation gene. It happens to be a plus for innovation and creating great companies, but I think we
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    Brian Ji
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    Nov 27, 2023
    Peter Thiel on the single most important event in the history of Facebook.
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    Brian Ji
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    Nov 26, 2023
    Paul Graham on why ambitious people need each other.
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    Brian Ji
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    Dec 17, 2023
    Peter Thiel: Meaning is found in doing things that are important, that otherwise wouldn't get done. Aim to work on things which without you, wouldn't / couldn't get done by anyone else.
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    Brian Ji
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    Oct 18, 2023
    I think about this all the time.
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    Brian Ji
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    Feb 9, 2024
    I often think about the fact that at 31 years old, Charlie Munger was divorced, broke, and burying his 9 year old son, who had died from cancer.
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    Brian Ji
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    Oct 12, 2023
    I think about this almost every day
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    Brian Ji
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    Jan 2, 2024
    Charlie Munger’s 3 rules for life.
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    Brian Ji
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    Nov 23, 2023
    I think about this passage from @paulg often.
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    Brian Ji
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    Nov 1, 2023
    Peter Thiel: “It’s always a big mistake going after a giant market on day 1... Almost all of the successful companies in Silicon Valley had some model of starting with small markets and expanding. What’s very counterintuitive about many of these companies is that they often
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    Brian Ji
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    Jan 6, 2024
    Thiel: “Almost all of the successful companies in Silicon Valley had some model of starting with small markets and expanding.” Amazon started with books. PayPal started with eBay power-sellers. Facebook started with Harvard. Airbnb started with renting air mattresses. Tesla
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    Brian Ji
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    Oct 31, 2023
    Peter Thiel: "Elite students climb confidently until they reach a level of competition sufficiently intense to beat their dreams out of them. …institutionalized education traffics in a kind of homogenized, generic knowledge. But life is not a portfolio: not for a startup
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    Brian Ji
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    Dec 1, 2023
    Sam Altman: "I remember when Elon took me on a tour of the SpaceX factory many years ago. The thing that sticks in memory was the look of absolute certainty on his face when he talked about sending large rockets to Mars. I left thinking 'huh, so that’s the benchmark for what
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