/Henrik Karlsson

Almost Everyone I’ve Met Would Be Well-Served Thinking More About What To Focus On tl;dr: Henrik discusses the concepts of “Exploring” and “Exploiting” to help find focus. When you “Explore”, you look for what makes you feel alive. When you “Exploit”, you trip everything but your top 1-3 priorities. Breaking inaccurate mental models is critical, and can happen in two ways: “(1) Find people who understand things better than you and read what they have to say. Read with the intention of answering your questions. If you can’t find the answers, email them. (2) Perform experiments. State your assumptions and find ways to test if they are false. Most of the time, the slot machine of an experiment yields nothing. But that’s ok. A few will rearrange the world around you."

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