Ch2
1. How has being “realistic” or “responsible” kept you from the life you want?
The biggest fear is uncertainty of the future.
2. How has doing what you “should” resulted in subpar experiences or regret for not having done something else?
Time and freedom.
3. Look at what you’re currently doing and ask yourself, “What would happen if I did the opposite of the people around me? What will I sacrifice if I continue on this track for 5, 10, or 20 years?
Time and freedom. Following the path as a developer, you always need solve others’ problems, but lack of oppotunities to find/define the right question to solve.
Ch3
1. Define your nightmare, the absolute worst that could happen if you did what you are considering.
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Financial crisis. Maybe I will lose half of my current savings if I fail in this adventure.
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Discrupted career experience. I will pause being an NLP developer, so I may miss the growth oppotunity in this path.
2. What steps could you take to repair the damage or get things back on the upswing, even if temporarily?
- Cut expenses.
- Find outsourcing oppotunities.
- Keep learning NLP.
3. What are the outcomes or benefits, both temporary and permanent, of more probable scenarios?
- May gain finnancial benefits.
- May have more control of my time.
- May have more options of the next adventure.
4. If you were fired from your job today, what would you do to get things under financial control?
- Cut expense.
- Sell funds.
5. What are you putting off out of fear?
Uncertain to make the startup profitable.
6. What is it costing you—financially, emotionally, and physically—to postpone action?
Uncerntainty.
7. What are you waiting for?
Already on the way.
Ch4
1. What would you do if there were no way you could fail? If you were 10 times smarter than the rest of the world?
- find an interesting problem;
- assemeble a small team to solve the problem.
2. Drawing a blank?
- What would you do, day to day, if you had $100 million in the bank?
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What would make you most excited to wake up in the morning to another day?
- split half of the savings to do angel investment.
- find the right thing to deal with.
3. What does “being” entail doing?
- release the iOS app
- polish the iOS app
- recruit a small dev team
- talk to users
4. What are the four dreams that would change it all?
5. Determine the cost of these dreams and calculate your Target Monthly Income (TMI) for both timelines.