Wisdom I Pondered This Week
- “A thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.” — Charles Dickens
- “If you don’t lie awake at night thinking about it, you don’t want it badly enough.” — Naval Ravikant
- Miracles do happen when you least expect it. All you have to do is believe in them.
- “The highest form which civilization can reach is a seamless web of deserved trust. Not much procedure, just totally reliable people correctly trusting one another. In your own life what you want is a seamless web of deserved trust.” — Charlie Munger
- Self-esteem is the reputation that you have with yourself.
Things I Learned This Week
- Passover (逾越節) is a Jewish holiday, whereas Easter (復活節) is a Christian holiday.
- 操作槍/模擬槍 → 膛線/來福線 (Rifling)
- The profit and loss (P&L) statement is a financial statement that summarizes the revenues, costs, and expenses incurred over a specified period.
- Signal Iduna Park (in Dortmund) is Germany’s largest football stadium capacity of 81,360.
- Co-working Space: workers for different companies share an office space
