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Day #13: Limit Your Downside

“Downside limits your options in life.”

Jason Chatfield
Nov 13, 2023
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In his book Antifragile, Nassim Taleb argues that the best way for a person to become antifragile (something that gains from setbacks and chaos rather than just survives) is to first decrease their downside. Downside consists of those things, people, actions, habits, or systems that make you vulnerable to volatility and risk.

For example, debt isn’t muc…

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