https://think.lochana.au Personal notes and thoughts en-us Mon, 17 Aug 2026 03:05:35 GMT https://think.lochana.au/thoughts.html#ideas The best ideas come from unexpected connections. • Simple systems outlast complex ones. Mon, 17 Aug 2026 03:05:35 GMT https://think.lochana.au/thoughts.html#ideas https://think.lochana.au/thoughts.html#work Do fewer things, but do them well. • Write things down. • Good ideas require deep life experience. Mon, 17 Aug 2026 03:05:35 GMT https://think.lochana.au/thoughts.html#work https://think.lochana.au/thoughts.html#life Time is the only truly scarce resource. • Make friends over the internet. Mon, 17 Aug 2026 03:05:35 GMT https://think.lochana.au/thoughts.html#life https://think.lochana.au/thoughts.html#test But having good social skills confers life-long benefits. So, don't write them off. Get good at making a good first impression, being funny (if possible... this author still working on it...), speaking publicly. • f you're in the US and go to a good school, there are a lot of forces that will push you towards following traintracks laid by others rather than charting a course yourself. Make sure that the things you're pursuing are weird things that you want to pursue, not whatever Mon, 17 Aug 2026 03:05:35 GMT https://think.lochana.au/thoughts.html#test