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Here’s what we’ll cover today:

Cheers,
Alex

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| Mental Model

Satisficing vs. Maximizing

Satisficing: Picking the first option that satisfies an acceptable threshold—typically doesn't result in the best solution.

Maximizing: Spending time and effort to ensure you've solved something optimally—typically results in the best solution.

| Insight

Challenge: Reflect on a project or task where you aimed for perfection and how it affected your progress. Write about how focusing on progress instead could have led to better results.

Example: Procrastinating on starting a project out of fear of not doing it perfectly.

| Quote

Nikola Tesla on the power of visualization and the importance of original thinking:

| Question

A Parable I Enjoyed

The Stonecutter (Source: Japanese and Chinese Folklore)

A stonecutter, unhappy with his lot in life, wishes to become more powerful. A series of transformations occur, making him a rich man, a king, the sun, a cloud, and finally, a stone. In the end, he realizes that he was most powerful as a humble stonecutter. The parable teaches the importance of contentment and finding happiness in one's own circumstances.

Have a wonderful Wednesday, all.

Until next time,

Alex

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