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The Most Powerful Paradoxes of Life with Sahil Bloom

All the Hacks with Chris Hutchins

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The boredom paradox - the Importance of Free Time for Pursuing Opportunities

Free time is often underrated but it actually serves as an essential resource for exploring rewarding opportunities. It provides the space and bandwidth to pursue high-value asymmetric prospects that may arise. In contrast, a jam-packed schedule leaves little room for seizing these opportunities and often leads to defaulting to a 'no' response. Allowing for free time in the schedule is akin to having call options on future interesting opportunities, as it enables the identification and pursuit of high-return endeavors. Creating room for free time allows for creativity, leading to the discovery of opportunities where a small input generates significant outputs.

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