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How to build a personal monopoly

At the intersection of curiosity, competence, and character

Being competent is not going to win you any trophies, there is plenty of competition

Curiosity shrinks the area of competition, you can outwork the competent people

When you add your personal spin, you eliminate competition

Package your unique overlap of curiosity, competence and character into a tangible product (being good at writing and design is important in maintaining your value)

Supply is inherently low, you control the market. If you can produce the demand, you win

"You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your guy, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach ahs never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life" // Steve Jobs

DICE:

"Make a single decision to eliminate one thousand decisions" // Tim Ferris

Set constraints and improve within that scope—create the rules of chess and then get really good at chess

Make noise and listen for signal