Charlie Munger said the secret to happiness is simple: Don't have a lot of envy. He figured it out when he was seven years old because it's so simple. When you can summarize something that impacts your life into a few words, you probably found something that is just obviously true. That idea that you can say something really profound and hopefully is impactful to your life in just a few words has always been interesting to me.
If you can explain something important in just a few words, it's a double win: You've probably found something that's obviously true, without needing further explanation or detail. And it's probably something you'll remember for a long time, easy to recall without having to memorize dozens of details.
This podcast is a smattering of ideas that have been important and impactful to me, shared in as few words as I can manage.