Who to Marry, Work With, & Befriend
This question will filter out more than 99% of all people you will ever meet because what it is really asking is… Continue reading Who to Marry, Work With, & Befriend
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How The World Really Works
The four pillars of modern civilization are: Ammonia, Steel, Concrete, and… Continue reading How The World Really Works
Notes on Miami Marathon & Training Plan (2022)
Hi my name is Gucci Mane, I’m addicted to everything. — Gucci Mane, Addicted Training Cold weather sucks unless you are on the slopes. I move less in the winter. I am always cold in the winter. In the morning, those warm covers are so hard to take off. Worse, the body naturally stores more … Continue reading Notes on Miami Marathon & Training Plan (2022)
Deep Work & Deep Distraction
Something I explained to my 12-year-old son. Behind everyone who’s really good at something are many hours they spent, usually alone, just practicing. — Paul Graham (8/28/21) Does Anyone Else Feel Like They Reply to Emails for a Living? I read Deep Work by Cal Newport a couple years ago. You should read it, too. … Continue reading Deep Work & Deep Distraction
Build A Content Library
A screenwriter’s currency is a finished script. Not an outline, a take, a beat sheet, a rough draft. A finished script. — David Lynch Once upon a time, Joe Rogan was not famous. He was doing standup comedy in 1988, hosting Fear Factor in 2001, and started his long form podcast in 2009. The Joe … Continue reading Build A Content Library
Is Everything Crazy? Houses, Crypto, & The Stock Market
What about rapid growth in fundamentals? Well, over the past two decades, S&P 500 revenues and U.S. nominal GDP have grown at just 4% annually. — John P. Hussman, Ph.D. (October 2021) If you want to know where we are in the economic cycle, I drove past a homeless man in a wheelchair in Baltimore … Continue reading Is Everything Crazy? Houses, Crypto, & The Stock Market
Freedom.
We all are learning, modifying, or destroying ideas all the time. Rapid destruction of your ideas when the time is right is one of the most valuable qualities you can acquire. You must force yourself to consider arguments on the other side.” — Charlie Munger Buckle up. If you live in the United States, the … Continue reading Freedom.
The Two Causes of Human Unhappiness
The most general survey shows us that the two foes of human happiness are pain and boredom. We may go further, and say that in the degree in which we are fortunate enough to get away from the one, we approach the other. Life presents, in fact, a more or less violent oscillation between the … Continue reading The Two Causes of Human Unhappiness
The Cheap $12 Bottle of Water
Spillin’ free wine, now my tux is ruined — Kanye West, Real Friends Should you pay $12 for a bottle of water? It felt wrong. I woke up at the W Hotel in Austin, Texas and I was severely hungover. The Fiji water was sitting there on the mini bar. It was $12. This was … Continue reading The Cheap $12 Bottle of Water
Emotional Decisions
The time to be emotional is when… Continue reading Emotional Decisions
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