Convictions
What do you believe to be true? What do know to be true?
You cannot borrow conviction, it must earned. Constantly improve systems to validate convictions](/docs/commerce/crypto/crypto-assets/intent-and-interop-tokens/chainlink-asset) to optimize [positioning to close down threats and maximize opportunities. Checklist for checking convictions before committing bets to decisions:
Verifiable Truths
What verifiable truths underpin your convictions?
- The question is always more important than the answer.
- Money is a proxy for value, valuable things directly add to a sense of fulfilment in the here and now.
- Everyone has a deep need to feel their existence is of value and is appreciated.
- Trusted connections are the most valuable thing in the world to build.
- Life is a coordination game: nothing in this world feels as good as success as a team.
- When you form a great team even if you fail in the goal, you will still win in the long run.
- Breakthroughs come where differences of opinion collide
- AI must have decentralized ownership to be worthy of trust.
- Games build social glue
- AI and Crypto are changing marketing
- Community building marketing is essential to crypto
- The flow of progress is dependent on social glue
- Life time in flow is the most valuable metric
- Games are taking over the world, Crypto and AI are taking over games
- The future is already here it just is not evenly distributed
- Most important area for exploration is consciousness (inner space).
- If you spend your time with good people you are doing well.
- Your culture is most valuable asset
Use the scientific method to reliably convert beliefs into quantifiable outcomes
Intangibles
Things you believe to be true.
Investing
- Crypto is the future of investing,
- Culture is king in Crypto
- Every brand/network state will be an ecosystem abstracted above blockchain layers
- Businesses/Protocols are consequences of collaborative decision-making
- Valuable data is life-blood of strong decision-making
- Follow the talent, great people make the difference
Business
The intersection of AI and Blockchain is where the greatest value unlocks will occur.
- Product engineering will eat marketing.
- Service and growth is customised.
- Better to be great than big.
Sales and Marketing
- In a world where anyone can be the world's best digital marketer, nobody is.
Software
AI is making SaaS apps](/docs/platform/sass-toolkit/sass-app-decisions) a commodity where everyone and anyone can compete, so entering a race to the bottom on pricing. Better to use software to operate with maximum effectiveness in [real world verticals.
- The End of Programming is near
- Anyone can build any software product.
- Collecting and processing trusted proprietary data is where the value lies.
- For a piece of information to be valuable it needs to be actionable.
- Any protocol is only going to be valuable as it's proprietary data.
Technology
- The greatest frontier for fruitful exploration is inner space.
- To be effective with AI you need to have succinct breadth and depth of domain of expertise to prompt effectively.
- Currently we are in the gap between prompting AI and AI prompting us.
Review Checklist
- Have I considered alternative viewpoints?
- Am I falling prey to any cognitive biases?
- Have I sought out disconfirming evidence?
- Am I thinking probabilistically rather than in absolutes?
- Have I discussed this decision with others and considered their feedback?
- Am I basing my decision on solid evidence rather than emotions or intuition?
- Have I considered the potential long-term consequences?
- Am I aware of the limitations of my knowledge and predictions?
- Have I accounted for the possibility of rare, high-impact events?
- Am I prepared to update my beliefs if new information becomes available?
- Have I considered the opportunity costs of this decision?
- Am I clear about my goals and how this decision aligns with them?
- Have I given myself enough time to think through this decision thoroughly?
- Am I aware of any external pressures influencing my decision?
- Have I considered the reversibility of this decision and potential exit strategies?
Analyse trends to forecast the future.
- Use trends to shape predictions
- Use predictions to prepare opportunities
- Create connections leverage growth