LukasOS

/beliefs

decisions

Two-way door decisions should be made instantly
Decision quality is independent of outcomes
You rarely regret doing the thing
Roughly 80/20 applies shockingly often
Writing lists and checking them will outlast human civilization

disagreement

View an opposing view in its best possible light before criticizing it
Have strong opinions, loosely held
Disagreements often come from mixing understanding and opinion
A golden bridge for your opponent to retreat across is always worth building
It can be moral to use immoral means for moral ends
Knowing something means knowing its contrasts

mind

Practice having your emotions instead of being them
Acceptance is a superpower
Most bad thoughts can be disarmed by speaking or writing them
When everything can be answered what matters is the question
Your past is a draft you are free to reframe

attention and time

New experiences prolong our perceived lives
Repetition is underappreciated
Learning is not acquired but slowly interwoven into a mind
Talk in short bursts and leave room for questions

body and living

Hype is worth the potential disappointment
Some people will love or hate life regardless, who will you be?
Acquiring power and using it well beats small-time kindness

work and mastery

You cannot be Messi at football and LeBron at basketball
Let your high energy self plan for your low energy self
Health career and social life are altitudes that need momentum to hold
Experiment with doing precisely what you would not
In a bad film you can still be a good actor
Being scared of failure means you have not failed enough

people

Assume good intent and try understanding motivations
Appreciation is a skill worth practicing
Favor moves with low cost to you and high return for others
We are all the same and all unique and it is worth exploring how
Doing unto others can impede empathy so weigh your differences


# Lukas Uhrström

Stockholm.

## /beliefs

### Decisions
- Two-way door decisions should be made instantly
- Decision quality is independent of outcomes
- You rarely regret doing the thing
- Roughly 80/20 applies shockingly often
- Writing lists and checking them will outlast human civilization

### Disagreement
- View an opposing view in its best possible light before criticizing it
- Have strong opinions, loosely held
- Disagreements often come from mixing understanding and opinion
- A golden bridge for your opponent to retreat across is always worth building
- It can be moral to use immoral means for moral ends
- Knowing something means knowing its contrasts

### Mind
- Practice having your emotions instead of being them
- Acceptance is a superpower
- Most bad thoughts can be disarmed by speaking or writing them
- When everything can be answered what matters is the question
- Your past is a draft you are free to reframe

### Attention and time
- New experiences prolong our perceived lives
- Repetition is underappreciated
- Learning is not acquired but slowly interwoven into a mind
- Talk in short bursts and leave room for questions

### Body and living
- Hype is worth the potential disappointment
- Some people will love or hate life regardless, who will you be?
- Acquiring power and using it well beats small-time kindness

### Work and mastery
- You cannot be Messi at football and LeBron at basketball
- Let your high energy self plan for your low energy self
- Health career and social life are altitudes that need momentum to hold
- Experiment with doing precisely what you would not
- In a bad film you can still be a good actor
- Being scared of failure means you have not failed enough

### People
- Assume good intent and try understanding motivations
- Appreciation is a skill worth practicing
- Favor moves with low cost to you and high return for others
- We are all the same and all unique and it is worth exploring how
- Doing unto others can impede empathy so weigh your differences

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