--- ## Notes ### Who to spend time with Filter based on the following things - How ambitious is this person? ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gnh42g2xcayzr01z3twpkd43)) - How energetic is this person? (Energetic looks like asking lots of questions, very curious, doing lots of things, starting lots of projects, trying to meet lots of people ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gnh43eqk3c86ah6vhm191x07)) - How good is this person at getting the things that they want? ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gnh43mrt9yj92zh7fg19k3ym)) - How much does this person have a sense of control over their own life, and belief that they will succeed in the things that they want? ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gnh43v13mcr7jx1pt2xs1dyn)) - How capable is this person of thinking independently — i.e. doing things that others wouldn’t be super comfortable with? ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gnh44pm9gj4cz1em6vmek8qn)) - Are they a good person with high integrity ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gnh442rb4wk45hckkdjm3ncx)) - how much of a learning machine are they? ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gnh4494xqamhmx8xfw9zaem1)) ## Highlights Doing the most valuable thing at any one point allows you to compound the maximum amount of value over your life. Think of investing time like investing money, where compound interest is exceptionally important. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gnh4689wypgd3d6nanwedbyh)) Everything about the world is arbitrary, and doesn’t need to be followed. (Read _Sapiens_ if this piques your interest). ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gnh48h3bcvnrc03g3ysvh9bw)) Working at a large tech company serves as a badge of honor in a lot of computer science circles at Stanford. — AP Do not choose this ‘credibility’ reason as a reason for working at a large tech company, or any company, for that matter. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gnh4ayhbg06b8qe04p1rwfqy)) Valuable ways to spend time Spend your time: - **Making** things (writing, building websites, making music, whatever — anything that is creation and can be enjoyed by 1+ other person). **In the beginning, quantity > quality. Make lots of little things to get practice. Good goal: Make something in 1 weekend that 1 person loves. Repeat 5x.** - Reading **books** (real books! on Kindle) - Searching for **people** that you admire - Learning about things / exposing yourself to more of the world — in areas where you are **deeply** **interested** (can be traveling, can be talking to people and learning from them, etc) - **Self-reflection** - Anything that brings you **joy**/fun (_not:_ things that are “supposed” to be fun, but don’t actually bring you joy) ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gnh4eshr8b6me1e79s6b71ez))