Shane Parrish

You want to put yourself in a position where you're not predicting what's going to happen in the future, but no matter what happens in the future, you're always going to look right because you just pivot and change with the environment and you're never forced by circumstances into doing something that you don't want to do.

And I think if you look at all the sort of like greats or titans of decision-making, if you want to call them that, the people who just generally consistently make good decisions are

They're never forced by circumstances to do something they don't want to do.

You have to start where you're at, right?

You have to start in the position that you're currently in.

But if you think about every moment as strengthening or weakening your position, your rate of improvement matters more than where you are in the current moment.

How do I accelerate my rate of improvement?

Stop the decline.

How do I improve?

And for everybody, that's going to be different.

You might be paying off your credit card bills.

It might be downsizing your house.

It might be saving more money.

All of these different things add to your position.

And you know which areas of your position you probably feel weakest at because they're the ones you want to avoid talking about.

They're the ones you probably feel a little bit of shame around.

Yeah.

If you're having a hard time visualizing where you might be ill positioned, imagine like a camera crew following you around all day documenting your success.

Well, what would you not want them to see?

And that might be a good angle for, oh, how can I improve my position, right?