Why you believe the things you do
Howdy folks, unfortunately (for you) nobody is getting the £100 this week because I just published a video. I did run it close though and had to keep it simple AF. Good to get things moving but there’s a lotta work to do here.
Anyway, I’ve got a flight to catch in the morning and I’m yet to pack so let’s get straight into the filter.
1. Why You Believe The Things You Do (article): Morgan Housel doesn't miss.
"Here’s a universal reality: What you believe to be true is influenced by how much you want it to be true. The more something helps you deal with uncertainty, the lower the bar is for you to believe it’s true."
Most of the things we believe just help us deal with uncertainty. And, because your beliefs are influenced by justifying past actions, it becomes difficult to change those beliefs.
What makes this even more confusing is that even though changing your mind is positive, it signals the opposite.
"We should want an expert who is willing to change their mind, but what we actually want is someone who’s confident enough to never have to."
2. Staying the same (tweet):
This reminds me of the Ben Franklin quote: "Many men die at age 25, but aren’t buried until they’re 75." There seems to be a point in your 20s where people stagnate unless they actively keep learning.
3. The over-complication of software (tweet):
This is the same for most software products, if you can't intuitively figure out how to use it then it's too complicated and you'd probably be better off using a simpler solution.
4. Poline (tool): Finally I've found a color palette generator that doesn't suck. Other tools are cool for generating random colors but they never match that well. This tool uses some kind of color sourcery to create completely custom color combinations easily.
5. Seth Godin on Inconvenience (article):
If something is inconvenient to do then it becomes more valuable because very few people will put in the effort to do it.
David Senra mentioned something similar to this on a podcast. His whole show is sharing lessons learned from reading successful founders biographies. Very few people go through the inconvenience of reading hundreds of biographies and no one (except him) then goes through the inconvenience of spending an extra 20+ hours turning what they learned into a podcast episode.
6. What if forks were made of salt? (video): This video is expertly crafted. The story is interesting, the guy is weird funny and the most impressive part is that it's the first video on his channel.
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- Stephen