Why Discipline Doesn’t Matter
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Shane Parrish (The Knowledge Project & Farnam Street) explains why your New Year's resolutions won't last, the importance of ritual, and his most costly mistakes as an investor in the first episode of a new series called Outside Insights.
LINKS & MENTIONS FROM THIS EPISODE
Visit Shane's website https://fs.blog/
Shane mentions Buffet: The Making of an American Capitalist by Roger Lowenstein (44:12)
Brent mentions Todd Peterson and Illuminations (31:22) https://illuminations.bible/
Follow Shane on twitter https://twitter.com/ShaneAParrish
Follow Brent on twitter https:/https://twitter.com/BrentBeshore
Follow David on twitter https://twitter.com/DavidACover
Visit https://www.permanentequity.com/ for more.
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro & About Shane Parrish
3:40 Meat and Greet
6:03 Why New Years Resolutions Always Fail
10:30 Ritual vs Discipline
13:59 From Intelligence to Knowledge
19:30 Two Kinds of Knowledge: Tactic and Perspective
22:31 Why Should People Care About Continuous Learning?
27:28 The Best Sources of Knowledge
33:06 What Should You Stop Doing?
36:47 A Good Position is Better Than A Good Decision
39:06 Efficiency vs Relationships
41:34 Shane the Investor
45:42 Biggest Mistakes You See New Investors Make
52:38 How Has Growing Your Resources Changed You?
55:07 What Would You Tell Your 30-Year-Old Self?
57:17 Five Minute Management & More Coming on the Permanent Podcast
