Archive - Notes from Matt

Create space

Ideas need room to breathe.

Feb 1 •

Matt Pelc

January 2025

Take notes

One habit that I really appreciate picking up early in life is taking a lot of notes.

Jan 6 •

Matt Pelc

Impressive

A common trap when hiring is settling for candidates that will “do the job”.

Jan 5 •

Matt Pelc

Full stack

Extraordinary success comes from either being the best at one specific thing, or very good (top 25%) at two or more things.

Jan 4 •

Matt Pelc

Fixing variables

When learning how to operate a system, you want fix as many variables as you can.

Jan 3 •

Matt Pelc

Streak economics

Streaks are most powerful when the marginal cost of maintaining your streak approaches zero but the benefit of maintaining it compounds over time.

Jan 2 •

Matt Pelc

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