[Read5for5 📚] 40 Years of Stanford Research Found That People With This One Quality Are More Likely to Succeed

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This is Kei and Kazuki from Glasp 👋

We are excited to start Day 4 of the 5 Day Reading Challenge 📚✨ Here are three good articles we choose, so when you finish reading any of them or any article you want, share it on Twitter with the hashtag, "#read5for5"! Let's read good articles together and connect with like-minded people🤝

Today's Reading List 📚

(1) Build Personal Moats by Erik Torenberg (5 mins)

• A "personal moat" is a unique, durable competitive advantage in one's career, based on rare and valuable skills or knowledge that is hard for others to replicate.

• Discovering this advantage involves finding what is easy for you but hard for others, and which aligns with your passions and the world's needs.

• Whether specializing or generalizing, the key is being exceptional at something, leveraging that to gain social and financial capital.

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(2) 40 Years of Stanford Research Found That People With This One Quality Are More Likely to Succeed by James Clear (5 mins)

• Stanford research spanning 40 years revealed that the ability to delay gratification is a key quality for success in various aspects of life.

• Children who could wait for a second marshmallow in the famous Marshmallow Experiment had better outcomes, including higher SAT scores and improved social skills.

• The capacity to delay gratification is not fixed; it can be developed through reliable experiences and training, making small improvements and fulfilling promises.

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(3) Chesterton’s Fence: A Lesson in Second Order Thinking by FS Blog (7 mins)

• Understanding the rationale behind previous decisions is crucial for making great decisions and avoiding potential harm.

• Second-order thinking involves considering the consequences of our decisions and the consequences of those consequences, leading to extraordinary results.

• Chesterton's Fence principle states that we should not remove a fence or change a system without understanding why it was put in place, as it may have important reasons and removing it can lead to unintended consequences.

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See you tomorrow again ;)

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Glasp team

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