In Pursuit of an Extraordinary Life

In Pursuit of an Extraordinary Life

🌟 Discover how to redefine what an "extraordinary life" truly means in this thought-provoking exploration of powerful mental frameworks.

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TIMESTAMP
0:00 - Introduction
1:07 - Chapter 1: "The Regret Minimization Framework"
2:18 - Chapter 2: "Ikigai - Your Personal Intersection Of Extraordinary"
3:27 - Chapter 3: "Anti-Fragility - Turning Volatility Into Advantage"
4:38 - Chapter 4: "Deep Work Vs. Shallow Work"
6:09 - Chapter 5: "The 80/20 Principle Of An Extraordinary Life"
8:43 - Chapter 6: "Second-Order Thinking"
11:06 - Chapter 7: "Implementation - Daily Practices For Perspective Shifts"
12:26 - Chapter 8: "COMMON OBSTACLES AND HOW TO OVERCOME THEM"
15:24 - Chapter 9: "The Compound Effect Of Mental Models"

💡📚 Below is a curated list of books and research papers that further explore some of the concepts discussed in this video. (some links are affiliate links, which help support my channel)

BOOKS
1/ Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
https://amzn.to/4miSChB
Explores how certain systems benefit from volatility and disorder rather than merely resisting it.

2/ Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life by Héctor Garcia and Francesc Miralles
https://amzn.to/4dknHgA
Explains the Japanese concept of finding purpose at the intersection of what you love, excel at, can be paid for, and what the world needs.

3/ The 80/20 Principle by Richard Koch
https://amzn.to/43fhbmS
Details how roughly 80% of effects come from 20% of causes across various domains of business, personal life, and society.

4/ Deep Work by Cal Newport
https://amzn.to/3ZjaVcw
Presents the concept that focused, uninterrupted concentration on demanding tasks produces more valuable results than shallow, distracted work.

5/ Thinking in Systems: A Primer by Donella Meadows
https://amzn.to/43j6vU6
Provides insights into systems thinking through seven key lessons that help understand second-order effects and consequences.

6/ The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
https://amzn.to/4dpml4q
Examines the impact of highly improbable events and how uncertainty underlies everything about our world.

7/ Skin in the Game by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
https://amzn.to/4miR0EB
Discusses the concept of having a personal stake in outcomes as a necessary component of risk management and meaningful decision-making

RESEARCH PAPERS
1/ Regret Theory: An Alternative Theory of Rational Choice Under Uncertainty by Graham Loomes and Robert Sugden
https://academic.oup.com/ej/article-a...
Presents a theory of choice that incorporates anticipated regret as a factor in decision-making processes.

2/ Implementation Intentions and the Theory of Planned Behavior by Various Authors
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29506...
Examines how implementation intentions facilitate the achievement of goals by specifying when and where behaviors will be performed.

3/ Breadth-biased versus focused cognitive control in media multitasking behaviors by Ophir, Nass, and Wagner
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas...
Investigates how heavy media multitaskers develop different cognitive control capabilities than those who engage in more focused work.

4/ Power-law distributions in empirical data by Clauset, Shalizi, and Newman
https://arxiv.org/abs/0706.1062
Provides statistical frameworks for understanding power-law distributions, which relate to the 80/20 principle

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