Stuff that I like
Who you are at a given moment is a function of all your prior moments. Choose what you spend your time on carefully :)
| People | Sam Harris: consciousness, death, honesty |
| Elon Musk: first-principles thinking, long-term thinking, dreaming big | |
| Conan: humor, high-energy, wit, intelligence, sociability, quick-thinking | |
| David Goggins: motivation, hard work, taking things to the extreme | |
| TV/Film | Sherlock/The Imitation Game: logic, critical thinking, intelligence, nuance |
| Killing Eve: humor, smoothness, European culture | |
| The Great Gatsby Movies: live an exciting life, old school America | |
| Counterpart: thinking big, being on the world stage | |
| Youtube | Bald and Bankrupt: open-mindedness, worldliness |
| Andrew Kirby: productivity, thinking in terms of time | |
| Books | Steven King: beautiful writing, high standard of prose, dedication to one's craft |
| Cal Newport: productivity, meta-career skills | |
| Mark Manson: being a desirable person | |
| Anchee Min: vulnerability, honesty | |
| Brendan Burchard: the lifestyle described in High Performance Habits | |
| Academia | Randy Pausch: time, meta-habits |
| Henry Lee Smith: old-school thinking, genuine passion for linguistics | |
| Ryan Cotterell: linguistics, creativity, "thinking like a scientist", love of learning | |
| Tennis | Novak Djokovic: hard work, mastery of craft |
| Dominic Thiem: courage | |
| Nick Kyrgios: creativity | |
| Music | Lady Gaga: love, creativity |
| The Killers | |
| Eden | |
| Vampire Weekend | |
| Queen |