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Investor vs. Borrower: A Mental Model for Life

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The Importance of Investing

An investor, Naval Ravikant, refers to uphill decisions as the choice to take the more difficult path in the short-term. His logic is that the path with more short-term pain is typically the one with the largest potential for compounded long-term gain. The core principle behind this mental model is simple: Most of the decisions that feel good now will feel bad later and most things that feel bad now will feel good later.

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