Compound Interest
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Bosworth: Early careers should optimize for learning like compound interest
“Early career, optimize for learning, optimize for like, think about a compound interest. Like it's like the first like 10 years of compound interest don't look that impressive. It's like after 10 years, it starts to look good.”
Cowen: Incremental learning compounds over decades to create massive intellectual advantages
“Another way to think about it is the value of compound interest. I refer to it as the value of compound learning. Like, just keep on learning. Let the years pile up in your favor. Learn X percent a year. It will compound and stay alive on this earth, and maybe…”
Naval Ravikant: All significant life benefits come from compounding relationships and habits.
“All the benefits in life come from compound interests, whether in money or in relationships or love or health or activities or habits. So I only want to be around people that I know I'm going to be around with for the rest of my life. And I only want to work o…”