One of Those

tags:: #a/concept
author:: Ray Dalio

Most people try to solve every problem from scratch, but in fact almost every challenge or situation has existed before.

The best way to understand situations or solve problems is to look at them as another one of those and use what you learned from past instances to fix it—or to find other people or other moments in time where the same thing happened.

You're only as good as the things you write down.