Revealed: Work on your weaknesses or double down on strengths?
Gary Vee says stop working on your weaknesses and double down on those strengths. James Altucher says he had to work on speaking to crowds and had to work on many his weaknesses. This gets ridiculously convoluted. So here ya go, Double down on your core strength, and work on whatever weaknesses the core is […]
Finding gold in garbage.
I watched a video by Gary Halbert, arguably the best copywriter that wrote “The Boron Letters” that shaped a lot of the way direct mail ads were written. As a kid, I’d read these letters selling me the best speed reading techniques, kung fu secrets, and ancient wisdom from Zen monks. The video I watched […]
Gambling vs Investing and how words expose expectations.
Your language colors more than you think. If you use $1 in hopes to turn it into $2, it’s an: a) Investment if the odds are in your favor b) Gamble if the odds are out of your favor Consider the workaholic that works so much and makes so much money that he doesn’t have […]
Stop wasting your time and watch a cat video!
Simplifying everything allows for the greatest progression many times. Let’s simplify the world economy… Corporations buy time (employees), mark it up and sell the time back to you (time saving devices), or they sell you drugs (dopamine), which is what you’d do with your time. You’re spending money on either: 1) Dopamine from 2 means […]
The biggest secret on beating an industry monopoly.
Britannica, the most successful encyclopedia business for 244 years failed, not to World Book, but to the internet. Yellow Cab, failed not because of their competitors, but (likely) to Uber / Lyft. Walmart closed stores, not because of K-Mart / Sears, but because of Amazon. Ted Levitt (the Harvard profession that coined the word ‘globalization’) […]
Why focusing on your goals makes some people lose.
People talk about success comes with hard work. Keeping your eye on the prize and the ultimate outcome. And the journey is more important than the destination. These things might be true, but I think another way to rethink this into something more concrete is to consider what it takes to win the game you’re […]
How to properly become a selfish philanthropist
There’s studies that show that as people start to give their money or time away to some sort of charity that the money tends to come back to them even more so. There’s lots of “eerie” stories of random charity coming back (eg. giving $5 to a hobo and then finding a $20 on the […]
The ultimate paradox: The lazier you are, the richer you are.
Relax your way to riches! You need to start realizing how the laziest people are the richest. If you don’t know what the best business to get in is, someone else will tell you, but you’ll find yourself chasing your tail. I was reading a real estate investment book written by the successful Dave Van […]
What is this site?
I follow business leaders, gurus, and philosophers and note things others missed that I’ve found valuable.
This site is my precious treasure chest of ideas on business, philosophy and life. And hopefully during your pillaging here, you get your mind blown.
My life’s goals are to show people why Fahrenheit is evil, help summarize the human knowledge base, dispel self improvement myths, and achieve a resultant and unrelenting state of 24/7 euphoria. Follow along on my journey!