“Third-order consequences: Toyota winds up with the highest quality rates, lowest defect rates, and most efficient factories in the world.” — Sebastian Marshall Copy Share Image
“The foreman carpenter allots his men work according to their ability. Floor layers, makers of sliding doors, thresholds and lintels, ceilings and… — Sebastian Marshall Finished work Copy Share Image
“It really actually doesn't take much time to run small experiments, and the payoff is greater levels of energy and more thriving… — Sebastian Marshall Energy Copy Share Image
“start with a baseline of how often a habit or practice atrophies or breaks down, and then you start stacking up advantages… — Sebastian Marshall Habits Copy Share Image
“People who live at subsistence level want first things to be put first. They are not particularly interested in freedom of religion,… — Sebastian Marshall Business Copy Share Image
“ENTRAINMENT IS STUPIDLY EASY TO DO It’s stupidly easy to start doing entrainment for yourself. You pick a single type… — Sebastian Marshall Habits Copy Share Image
“That’s where operational skill comes in. It’s about those seemingly basic but utterly critical skills: scheduling, planning things out, communicating, checking and… — Sebastian Marshall Copy Share Image
“First-order consequences of Prohibition: alcohol is made illegal, legitimate producers of alcohol go out of business, decrease in drinking. Second-order consequences… — Sebastian Marshall Organized crime Copy Share Image
“The first is one that I’ve been surprised to see many top performers independently arrive at: wake up at least 3+ hours… — Sebastian Marshall Copy Share Image
“When things are going poorly or going excellently, one’s judgment tends to get compromised and it becomes harder to think clearly. You… — Sebastian Marshall Copy Share Image
“To modernize it a bit, lavish and excessive benefits during boom times won’t be remembered enough if you ask for pay cuts… — Sebastian Marshall Bad time Copy Share Image
“You can eat before you go out to a restaurant so you’re not hungry.” — Sebastian Marshall Copy Share Image
“No matter how hard I try, I produce better work when I’m healthier, planned, and my environment is set up correctly. Yes,… — Sebastian Marshall Bad day Copy Share Image
“Intelligence is the decisive factor in planning guerrilla operations. Where is the enemy? In what strength? What does he propose to do?… — Sebastian Marshall Men and women Copy Share Image
“I now track the following questions on a little spreadsheet every morning – “Did I adhere to set wake-time?” “Did I… — Sebastian Marshall Every morning Copy Share Image
“If you’re both lucky and everything runs smoothly, it will take 27 minutes to reach your destination. On average, it will… — Sebastian Marshall Time Copy Share Image
“You’re allowed to vegetate in front of the TV, but first you need to put your running shoes on and walk outside… — Sebastian Marshall Bad thing Copy Share Image
“Alcohol is similar: I don’t drink, but the drinkers in the MMM and Early Retirement Extreme communities often carry a flask with them when they go,… — Sebastian Marshall Copy Share Image
“Sun Tzu said the same thing many centuries ago: "The more possibilities you present to the enemy, the more diffuse he is… — Sebastian Marshall Copy Share Image
“If you were a military official doing weapons procurement, it’s not-at-all obvious what you should prioritize for different military units. Do you… — Sebastian Marshall Copy Share Image
“Issue #3: Non-Introspective Rumination and Focus on Losses” — Sebastian Marshall Loss Copy Share Image
“It follows, that it must be the business of the guerrilla, and of his clandestine political organization in the cities, to destroy… — Sebastian Marshall Business Copy Share Image
“Both hyper-pragmatic cost suppression (currently very normal in Beijing) and an intense devotion and care about experience and aesthetics (currently very normal… — Sebastian Marshall Beauty Copy Share Image
“Accumulation is actively seeking and learning new sports, lifts, moves, ideas, and games. One literally accumulates a number of new training moves… — Sebastian Marshall Fitness Copy Share Image
