The Great Bifurcation

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URL: https://danielmiessler.com/p/great-bifurcation

Document Notes

This article is spot on. Like the author, I do most of the things well, but not “Instagram perfect.” I especially struggle with the last point, but working on it - creating instead of consuming. See the model in the original article.

• Having self-discipline
• Reading books to better yourself
• Controlling your calories, eating the right foods, and exercising
• Getting an education, even if it’s on your own
• Spending your time bettering yourself, not playing games or watching useless media
• Spending your time creating instead of consuming (View Highlight)

That’s it. That’s what successful people do. And what unsuccessful people don’t. They do the opposite. Of course we could tweak the list, but that’s a pretty decent model. (View Highlight)

In short, I have a choice.

  1. I can either take the bottom, easy path of not following a routine, not reading, being unhealthy, not bettering myself, wasting my time on shallow fun, and thinking about all the ways I got screwed in life…
  2. Or I can follow a routine, read 50 books a year, dial in my diet and exercise, educate myself, avoid excessive TV/video games, and focus on my output.
    Completely up to me. My choice. (View Highlight)

Summary

  1. Society is separating more aggressively than ever into the successful and unsucessful
  2. There’s a lot of luck involved in that, but a surprising percentage of the time it comes down to behaviors
  3. Successful people tend to have very similar habits for what they do every day, every week, every month, etc.—and it reflects in their results
  4. Most people don’t know this. They think “those people” have something they don’t, but it’s not true
  5. The truth is that you can largely copy their results simply by coping their behaviors (View Highlight)