Chalkboard Decisions - Farnam Street  ## Metadata - Author: **Farnam Street** - Full Title: Chalkboard Decisions - Category: #articles - URL: https://fs.blog/brain-food/june-2-2024/ ## Highlights - If we can’t work smarter, we resort to working harder. We cut out lunch, skip the gym, and run from one meeting to another so we can fit more in. Being busy seems to matter more than getting stuff done ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hzf1n2eg8s3fr8zdgdq4p0em)) - “Fight for the things that you care about. But do it in a way that will lead others to join you.” — Ruth Bader Ginsburg ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hzf1npqzyn82z7cpftg8xw8k)) - “The test of a business man is not whether he can make money in one or two boom years, or can make money through the luck of getting into the field first, but whether in a highly competitive field, without having any initial advantage over his competitors, he can outdistance them in a perfect honourable way and keep the respect of himself and of his community.” — Harvey Firestone, *[Men and Rubber: The Story of Business](https://amzn.to/4bE4HIB)* ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hzf1pnm5x0f7mha1538tp253)) - “Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.” — Calvin Coolidge ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hzf1q3yd8dawg994dbb9jtqs)) - Restlessness is a sign you’ve overstayed your welcome with where you are and need to leave by moving toward the person you can be. Our love of stability keeps us where we are. The key is to leave just before you’re ready. If you leave too late, you miss the opportunity ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hzf1rzjqa60st0djf85mr7nv)) - imagine standing at the base of a 2000m mountain with two paths in front of you. You can only see the next 100m of each, and one path looks easier. If you only consider what you can see, you’ll choose the easier path. Only after you walk the first bit do you realize that choosing the easiest visible path leads to a cliff and doesn’t take you where you want to go. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hzf21mpacseqbmwsxf1j4sqz))