Lessons from Seth

Morning Practice

3 x 10 burpees
5 chin-ups
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breakfast (3 eggs) / brew coffee / shower

Reflections: 

  • On raising kids
    • You'll raise different kinds of children if you spend ~2 hr/day invested in their lives, present / uninterrupted / cell phone off, sharing stories, going for walks, cooking together, ... than if you did not.
    • Public school has a lot of benefits, but after 3 p.m.... that's homeschooling. Teach kids how to lead and solve interesting problems.
    • Instead of wondering how they scored on their spelling test, be interested more in if they have something to say with the vocabulary they learned
  • Roasting your own beans is the most important part of coffee making process - garbage in, garbage out ... also a metaphor for other aspects of life.
  • The cure for writer's block--if you can't think of anything good to write--is to write poorly ... and to keep writing poorly ... until it becomes less bad. Successes come from many failures (e.g. attempts). Have the courage to try. Don't be afraid to fail.
  • It's important to know the difference between a freelancer vs. entrepreneur. A freelancer creates good work and gets paid for it. An entrepreneur creates systems and businesses to solve problems bigger than themselves. 

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