Armaan Agrawal
Yes… it's another blog. But it's small words and big ideas, like we're both in grade five and I'm passing notes to you while the teacher talks (except the notes are about living an awesome life).
Two promises. I publish only when I have something worth ten minutes of your life, which is not every day. And every word is written and edited by me, never AI.
The notes are below (now stop watching the teacher).
Little about me
- Grew up in Japan.
- Studied computer science at Northeastern University in Boston because I thought Python was cool when I was 10.
- I don’t particularly care about code so long as it helps me build something useful.
- Currently live in Boston.
Ideas that changed my life
- Health > Relationships > Wealth.
- Protect your attention like gold: the modern world is designed to steal it. At the same time, learn how to grab attention.
- If you don’t quit you’ll eventually win. You just have to not die in the process…
- Reading is a cheap unfair advantage. Let others do the hard work, learn from their mistakes.
- East Coast > West Coast.
- I don't have to give up my health or my relationship to be successful.
- Givers are more successful than takers.
- Writing this blog.
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