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Expiring vs. Permanent Skills

A short essay on the difference between expiring and permanent skills, and the need to focus on those skills that shine less brightly. Includes a good list of permanently valuable skills, those that «compound over decades». My favourite: «The willingness to adapt views you wish were permanent.


From Weekly Filet #314, in August 2020.

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