How to win by Daniel Gross
These are my notes from the article.
Sleep
- Sleep is the best productivity booster. Get enough sleep. Period.
- Spend lavishly on things that will improve the quality of your sleep e.g. sleep mask.
- Avoid using an alarm clock and a lot of lights during the night; Your ancestors were not exposed to it.
Food
- Garbage food impairs your judgement. Don't eat junk food.
- Eat whatever food you think is healthy.
- Drink an uncomfortable amount of water.
Exercise
- If you don't exercise, spend as much time outdoors as possible.
- Your competitors are doing 4x exercise every week. You should also do.
- Running has the best ROI.
- Surround yourself with everyone who does that.
Mind Food
- Your brain constantly does pattern recognition. To recognise a pattern, it needs information.
- Take 1 day of break in a week. When you come back, your brain starts solving problems in a more novel way.
- Read anything long-form - Don't think about finishing a book. Read any book, anytime and all the time.
- Sign out of Twitter, Instagram, etc.
Mind Software
- Go from 1st person view to 3rd person view - Mindfulness
- Most important mental shift you can do as a founder