Eugene Wei: Compress to Impress

Key Takeaways

Follow your interests
Keep renewing your “novice permit” – every few years go into a field where you are a complete novice
“If you want to grow as a person, you have to push yourself out of equilibrium”
Be a first principles thinker
Keep asking, “Why?” to get to the fundamental truth, and then work your way up to understand the problem from a new perspective
“To start over and be a student again forces you into a different frame of mind”
It also puts you in a state of being humble and getting comfortable with failure – failure is how you learn
It’s important to discuss/analyze stories of failure – those stories likely have more important lessons
A lot of successful individuals say they visualize the move they want to make and their desired outcome – this is especially true for athletes