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As a kid: Everything that you see was made by somebody. Someone had the idea, someone started a business for it, someone designed it, someone assembled it, etc.
by koonsolo 7y ago
As a kid: Everything that you see was made by somebody. Someone had the idea, someone started a business for it, someone designed it, someone assembled it, etc.
As an adult: Simulated annealing for your own life (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulated_annealing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulated_annealing) You start something by going all over the place, trying even crazy ideas. Then you start refining and refining, getting better at the details. This is the optimal way for anything: dating, starting companies, creating products, learning something new, investing, ... .
- kmmlng 7y agoSA for your own life sounds intriguing. Do you have a concrete example that elucidates how this could be implemented? The concept still seems a little slippery to me.
- mam2 7y agoDating: it's better to try many partners to know what you like / don't like before commiting. Imo it's a better way to keep people together than religion.
- koonsolo 7y agoDating: give everything a quick try: Tinder, speeddating, okcupid, socializing (dancing classes). Then see what works best, and put your effort into that one. Marketing: try everything before you start focussing on the best (I think the book Traction describes it like this). When I was looking to make my own logo and pinned it down to hiring on fiverr, I let a few different artists do a quick, cheap sketch. Then I hired the best to do the full thing. I think it comes down to: first, get a quick & cheap taste of everything ("go all over the place"), then slightly start focussing on the things that work for you.
- beagle3 7y agoThis is also known as “gradually shift from exploration to exploitation”