Reading Time: 2 minOver the past few weeks I’ve talked to handful of high school students about how AI is being treated at their schools, and the results are largely disappointing (though somewhat understandable). Ultimately, I have three main takeaways from the conversations. Schools are scared of AI The general thought from the schools is “No AI for […]
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Why do billionaires read so much?
Reading Time: 2 minI was recently listening to an episode of Founders where they were talking about the book “Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon“. One quote that they shared really stood out to me: “I know a bunch of middling entrepreneurs, who aren’t that successful, and they don’t read at all. And then yet […]
8: What advice would you give to a smart, driven college student about to enter the “real world”?
Reading Time: 3 minToday we’re up to the 8th question in “Tribe of Mentors” by Tim Ferriss (see all previous questions here). Today is: What advice would you give to a smart, driven college student about to enter the “real world”? What advice should they ignore? We’ll start with a great answer from Annie Duke: First, seek out […]
1: What is the book you’ve given most as a gift, and why?
Reading Time: 3 minDigging into the first question posed by Tim Ferriss in “Tribe of Mentors” (here are all of his questions), he asks: What is the book (or books) you’ve given most as a gift, and why? Or what are one to three books that have greatly influenced your life? This one elicited a lot of great […]
The best from “Tribe of Mentors”
Reading Time: 2 minBack in 2017, Tim Ferriss put together a fantastic book titled “Tribe of Mentors“. I say that he “put together” rather than “wrote” the book, because 95% of the content of the book are answers to questions that he collected from other people. All told, Tim asked 11 questions to roughly 130 people and shared […]
Confidence with openness
Reading Time: 2 minAmong other traits, I work hard to be confident in what I believe but also open to new ideas. It can be a weird balance. There are many reasons why you should show confidence, and it can help inspire trust from others. However, it can quickly turn sour if applied incorrectly. Charlie Munger made it […]
Learning is not memorizing information
Reading Time: < 1 minI spend a good deal of time memorizing information. This could be cards I put in Anki, doing my “Daily Review” in Readwise, or any number of other things. Memorizing information isn’t bad, but it’s worthless if you stop there. In a recent episode of “Founders”, host David Senra shared thoughts on some time that […]
The compound interest of knowledge
Reading Time: 2 minMost of us are familiar with the amazing power of compound interest when it comes to money. There’s a famous quote (attributed to Einstein, but likely wasn’t from him) that simply says: “The most powerful force in the universe is compound interest.” Charlie Munger shared similar thoughts throughout his life. Compounding interest with money is […]
I need to repeat myself
Reading Time: 2 minI’ve shared a few times on here my desire to repeat myself more often, so I guess this post is kind of a self-fulfilling success! This really comes from a few different angles. As Robert Carnes shared in his book “The Story Cycle”, repetition is essential in marketing because your audience only hears what you […]
Dance incoherently or just admit that you don’t know the answer
Reading Time: 2 minI’m a big believer in admitting when you don’t know the answer. That kind of truthfulness in meetings leads to better results, and ideally leads to additional learning by being less wrong than I was before. In “Poor Charlie’s Almanack“, Charlie Munger compares people who think they’re never wrong with bees that don’t know how […]