Author:: [[Ali Abdaal]] Date Finished:: Rating:: Tags:: #📩 # 🪶 Geese and Golden Eggs  ## Highlights the fable of [The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs](https://click.convertkit-mail2.com/v8u7r355vdarhx3nrw6tg/z2hghnholexmxotz/aHR0cHM6Ly9lbi53aWtpcGVkaWEub3JnL3dpa2kvVGhlX0dvb3NlX3RoYXRfTGFpZF90aGVfR29sZGVuX0VnZ3M=) : This fable is the story of a poor farmer, who one day discovers, in the nest of his pet goose, a glittering golden egg […] Much to his surprise, the egg is pure gold! ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gj16krq6hjdd27frdg9wxx0n)) Unable to wait day after day for the golden eggs, the farmer decides he will KILL the goose and get them all at once. ​ But when he opens his goose, he finds it empty. There are no golden eggs ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gj16m9vz7c1nqvn85ksmmjr2)) It’s all about *effectiveness* . ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gj16mpk7d489n5zx2gqnwv1m)) Most people focus on ‘golden eggs’ when thinking about effectiveness. Producing impressive short-term outcomes (money, social prestige, or enjoying life to the max). But as the fable shows, and as Stephen Covey writes about in the book, true effectiveness is a function of two things: what’s **produced** (the golden eggs) and the **producing asset / capacity to produce** (the goose). ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gj16mx0k4yy4apnh0dfrtbkj)) 🏦 **Financial** Our most important financial asset is our own capacity to earn ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gj16n7e40caa68k7psfewp4f)) 💔 **Relationships** In a romantic relationship, golden eggs are the good times you have with your partner. The goose is the health of the relationship. Maintaining that healthy relationship takes communication, compromise, commitment ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gj16naxxm65xgjqk5htgyfqz))