How to get strategic: bet often with real money, secure screw-you money, commit for 10 years
itsOmSarraf_ · x · 2026-11-02
A reply thread on how to train strategic thinking offers concrete methods:
- Make predictions often and stake real money: quoting Taleb — "I don't care whether you were right. I care how much money you made by being right."
- Secure screw-you money (roughly 20x less than fuck-you money) so no strategy is made in haste and you get breathing room for long-term thinking.
- Youth is optionality, adulthood is commitment: building anything lasting takes at least 10 years, per the poster's mentor.
The core claim: strategic judgment is a muscle trained through repeated betting and long-term commitment, not an innate gift.
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