PLUS, MINUS, EQUAL
And so I came across this write up
by James altucher ,read what he said below
I asked Stephen Dubner, author of
Freakonomics, how much he remembers when he reads a book. I thought he would
answer something like 10–20%.
He said, “1 or 2% tops”.
I thought it was just me. I thought
I had the worst memory in the world and I couldn’t remember anything. I thought
that made me stupid.
Now I do this every time I meet
someone, every time I read a book, every time I take a photo, have a
conversation, listen to a story, have a bad experience, etc.
Have one takeaway. Say it out loud
even, “I am taking away X”. And say out loud X.
Two more quick stories.
Sergey Brin used to interview every
applicant of Google, when it was much smaller.
“I would know within seconds if I
was going to hire the person”. But still, he was stuck in the interview for an
hour even if he already knew.
“So I would try to learn one thing
from each applicant.”
Another story:
Frank Roberts, martial arts
instructor says you need a “plus, minus, equal” to get better. This is my one
main takeaway from “Ego is the Enemy” by Ryan Holiday.
A “PLUS” is what you learn from. He
meant it to be an instructor. But I’m going to change that to mean anything you
can have one takeaway from.
An “EQUAL” is someone who can
challenge you. I’m going to change that to mean, “this is the reason your one
takeaway makes you better.”
A “MINUS” is someone you teach.
Let’s keep that. The best way to remember your one takeaway is to teach it to
one person.
So…One takeaway in every situation.
Plus, Minus, Equal.
Today I saw a guy selling shirts
out of his car.
I got one take away from him: how
to set up a pop-up store.
I found a way to use it: I took a
photo of him and told his story on instagram (he was a prosecutor who got sick
of chasing drug addicts and felt his life would be better if he was creative).
I’m telling the story to you.
Pursue your creativity above everything else. Life will be better.
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