I read it, and thought it was really good. I took a bunch of notes on it and wrote down some of my favorite principles. Here are two and the notes I took on the

I read it, and thought it was really good. I took a bunch of notes on it and wrote down some of my favorite principles. Here are two and the notes I took on them: 1. Think of yourself as a machine operating within a machine; and know you have ability to alter machines to produce better outcomes. - distinguish between you as the designer of your machine, and you as a worker within your machine - it's much more important that you are a good designer/manager of your life than a good worker in it "To be successful, the "designer/manager you" has to be objective about what the "worker you" is really like, not believing in him more than he deserves, or putting him in jobs he shouldn't be in. Instead of having this strategic perspective, most people operate emotionally and in the moment; their lives are a series of undirected emotional experiences, going from one thing to the next." 2. reality exists at different levels; each gives valuable perspectives - we're constantly seeing things at different levels and navigating between them - > i want meaningful work - >> i want to be a doctor - >>> i need to go to med school - >>>> i need to get good science grades - >>>>> i need to stay in tonight and study - when line of reasoning is jumbled, it's often because speaker has gotten caught up in below the line details without connecting them back to major points - only go below the line if it's necessary to illustrate something about a major points, and make sure you synthesize and tie things back