Julian JP Lee

from the week of 2 February 2026

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The question to ask is not, “Where is God?” The question to ask is, “Where isn’t God?”

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Be The Change! Be a Thinker (能文), Warrior (能武), and Farmer (能动土)

—Koo Hui Ying

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There are not many things in life that are worth being devoted to. Only some true callings deserve our antifragile commitment.

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Our relationships with our jobs should be fragile, but our relationships with our callings should be antifragile.

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Peace is not the presence of certainty. 

Peace is the absence of doubt.

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Don’t be stupid.

Don’t be fragile.

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A wise decision is an antifragile decision: a decision whose logic doesn’t fall apart in the fires of scrutiny.

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Unstable systems will fall apart from small shocks.

Stable-enough systems will be able to return to their original state shortly after a shock is applied.

Superstable systems will grow in stability whenever shocks are applied, as long as the shocks are not extreme.

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The Barbell Strategy is simply about setting-up systems of balanced complementary extremes. These systems are highly, highly stable and can actually increase in stability when a shock is applied to the system.

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If you cannot find any good reason for you to not do something, then you probably should go and do it.

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How to respond to a personal failure:

Face the fact that you have fallen, dust yourself off, and walk on.