Principles
"Principles are ways of successfully dealing with reality to get what you want out of life."
The Operating System for Life
Decode Your Reality
Most people go through life reacting emotionally to events. Principles offers a different way: viewing your life as a machine. By systematizing your decision-making with 'algorithms', you can convert painful problems into puzzles to be solved.
The Biological Battle
Understand Your Two Minds
There are two 'yous' inside your head fighting for control. To make good decisions, the 'Higher-Level You' must manage the 'Lower-Level You'.
The Animal You
Reacts to perceived threats
The Logical You
Seeks truth and evolution
The 5-Step Process
Use the 5-Step Process to Get What You Want Out of Life
Goals
Have clear goals.
Problems
Identify and don't tolerate problems.
Diagnosis
Diagnose problems to get at their root causes.
Design
Design a plan.
Doing
Push through to completion.
Build the Right Machine
ARCHETYPE
SCANNER
The Creator
Generates new ideas and original concepts.
Believability Weighted Decisions
Idea Meritocracy
Don't treat all opinions equally. Weight them by the person's track record and reasoning ability.
Outcome: APPROVED (3 vs 2). Majority wins, but experts were ignored.
The
Matrix
Radical Truth
Embrace reality and deal with it. Truth is the essential foundation for any good outcome.
Radical Transparency
Be extremely open. Transparency builds trust and helps you learn faster.
Idea Meritocracy
The best ideas win, regardless of who they come from. Believability-weighted decision making.
Pain + Reflection
Pain indicates something is wrong. Reflecting on it leads to progress.
Be a Hyper-Realist
Dreams + Reality + Determination = A Successful Life.
Own Your Outcomes
You are responsible for your life. Don't blame others or circumstances.
The Original Manuscript
Acquire the Source Code
This book is not a theory; it is a compilation of algorithms that have been stress-tested in the markets and life. It contains the complete set of rules for dealing with reality.
Further Data Inputs
The Black Swan
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Understanding the limits of prediction and the impact of the highly improbable.
Superintelligence
Nick Bostrom
Exploring the ultimate optimization of intelligence and systems.
Thinking in Systems
Donella Meadows
A primer on how systems work, essential for building your own machine.