# Personal Board of Directors 1. [Elon Musk](Elon%20Musk.md) 2. Marc Andreeson 3. Peter Theil 4. Naval Ravikant 5. Balaji Srinivasan 6. Richard Feynman 7. Cal Newport 8. Sam Harris 9. Jonathan Frankle (doing good science) Question to ask yourself when dealing with a problem: > How would I pitch this to my personal board of directors? What kinds of factors would they care about? What kind of factors would this dismiss as irrelevant? ### On your personal heros The superheroes you have in your mind are nearly all walking flaws who’ve maximized 1 or 2 strengths. Humans are imperfect creatures. You don’t “succeed” because you have no weaknesses; you succeed because you find your unique strengths and focus on developing habits around them. --- Date: 20231014 Links to: Tags: References: * Clear Thinking, pg 88