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I spent the weekend with multi-millionaires - here is what I learned
I spent the weekend with multi-millionaires - here is what I learned
I was lucky enough to spend the weekend with some very successful people. My friend Shaan Puri put together a group of 24 entrepreneurs, rented a few big Airbnbs and scheduled a chef and rented a basketball court in Raleigh NC. There were a few billionaires and famous people. A handful of folks...
·sweatystartup.ck.page·
I spent the weekend with multi-millionaires - here is what I learned
Opportunity is now disorganized
Opportunity is now disorganized
It used to be well lit. Apply to a famous institution, get picked. Get the agent of an agent or A&R person. Get picked. Get good grades… get picked. Now, many of the “pickers”…
·seths.blog·
Opportunity is now disorganized
Give Them An Enormous Kingdom - The Daily Dad
Give Them An Enormous Kingdom - The Daily Dad
Some parents can give their kids real power. Think of Queen Elizabeth, who literally gives a kingdom to her children. Some parents can give wealth. Think of Warren Buffett’s children. Some parents can give talent and access–Jabari Smith, for instance, just helped his son enter the NBA at the top of the draft, through a...
·dailydad.com·
Give Them An Enormous Kingdom - The Daily Dad
The Merge - AVC
The Merge - AVC
In about a month, an important moment will happen in the world of crypto/web3. The Ethereum blockchain will move from a proof of work consensus mechanism to a proof of stake consensus mechanism. This event is known as “The Merge” in Ethereum land. There are many reasons why this is an important moment for the […]
·avc.com·
The Merge - AVC
TA #119: 🤔 Is jargon always bad?
TA #119: 🤔 Is jargon always bad?
Hey, you. You're doing great. Click here to read this on the web. Source: Getty Welcome to the 119th issue of Total Annarchy, a fortnightly newsletter…
·archive.aweber.com·
TA #119: 🤔 Is jargon always bad?
Behind the rebrand
Behind the rebrand
Last week, I unveiled the new brand of my business and this newsletter. Previously known as Creative Companion, I made the transition to the new name: Creator Science. I’m proud of how smoothly the transition has gone thus far, but I wish I could have avoided a rebrand entirely
·creatorscience.com·
Behind the rebrand
⭐️ The Epsilon Method
⭐️ The Epsilon Method
We simply copy an existing and functioning machine and then focus on modifying one or maybe two of the moving parts
·jakobgreenfeld.com·
⭐️ The Epsilon Method
10,000 Hours with Reid Hoffman: What I Learned
10,000 Hours with Reid Hoffman: What I Learned
(Credit: Wired magazine. ) Time to read: 50 minutes We touched down in Las Vegas only three hours before, but we were already back in the plane and flying home to San Jose on a brisk winter day in …
·casnocha.com·
10,000 Hours with Reid Hoffman: What I Learned
Mochary Method Curriculum
Mochary Method Curriculum
Mochary Method Curriculum After reading a sub-doc, please write on this main doc your answers to the following questions: Does it resonate, yes or no? What questions or comments do you have about this writing? Will you apply it? If yes, exactly what actions will you take? First-time Onboard...
·docs.google.com·
Mochary Method Curriculum
The Imperfectionist: No escape
The Imperfectionist: No escape
​ ​ ​ No escape One of my favourite books on writing is How To Write A Lot, by Paul Silvia, despite the fact that it's not really aimed at people like me (it's for academic soci...
·ckarchive.com·
The Imperfectionist: No escape
DEAF OR BLIND: BEETHOVEN, HANDEL
DEAF OR BLIND: BEETHOVEN, HANDEL
Beethoven started going deaf in his late 20s.   Already famous by age 25 for his piano sonatas, at 31 he was traumatized by losing his hea...
·sociological-eye.blogspot.com·
DEAF OR BLIND: BEETHOVEN, HANDEL
Irrationally committed
Irrationally committed
My friend Lynn coined this phrase, and it really resonated with me. Parents or other adults who are irrationally committed to a kid’s well being make a huge (perhaps the biggest) difference i…
·seths.blog·
Irrationally committed
NFT Playbook for the World's Top Brands
NFT Playbook for the World's Top Brands
Why are traditional brands so into NFTs and how are they entering this space? After researching 60 NFT launches, here's the 5-step playbook that the world's best brands use to launch NFTs.
·creatoreconomy.so·
NFT Playbook for the World's Top Brands
The Untold Story of Napoleon Hill, the Greatest Self-Help Scammer of All Time
The Untold Story of Napoleon Hill, the Greatest Self-Help Scammer of All Time
Napoleon Hill is the most famous conman you’ve probably never heard of. Born into poverty in rural Virginia at the end of the 19th century, Hill went on to write one of the most successful self-help books of the 20th century: Think and Grow Rich. In fact, he helped invent the genre. But it’s the untold story of Hill’s…
·gizmodo.com·
The Untold Story of Napoleon Hill, the Greatest Self-Help Scammer of All Time
New Study Confirms the Value of Solitude - Study Hacks - Cal Newport
New Study Confirms the Value of Solitude - Study Hacks - Cal Newport
In my book Digital Minimalism, I emphasized the danger of a newly-emerged condition that I called "solitude deprivation." As I wrote, the introduction of the smartphone caused our relationship with distraction to mutate into something new: "At the slightest hint of boredom, you can now surreptitiously glance at any number of apps or mobile-adapted websites
·calnewport.com·
New Study Confirms the Value of Solitude - Study Hacks - Cal Newport
Simulating 80% Comprehension in Chinese - Sinosplice
Simulating 80% Comprehension in Chinese - Sinosplice
A while back I wrote about What 80% Comprehension Feels Like, and I quoted the English examples used in Marcos Benevides’ excellent presentation which simulate 80% comprehension in English by including made-up English-like vocabulary words. I’ve been thinking about that presentation a lot, both about the impact of such a demonstration, as well as about how it could be accomplished in Chinese. I ended up... Read More
·sinosplice.com·
Simulating 80% Comprehension in Chinese - Sinosplice
A Few Bad Decisions — Joseph Wells
A Few Bad Decisions — Joseph Wells
Life is a never ending maze of decisions. I’d love to make the right decisions all the time. I’d also like to have George Clooney’s charming good looks. Those two outcomes are equally likely. Instead of obsessing over the right decisions, which is hard, we can simply avoid the worst decisions, whi
·josephcwells.com·
A Few Bad Decisions — Joseph Wells
Why I'm unreachable and maybe you should be too
Why I'm unreachable and maybe you should be too
You may have noticed it's practically impossible to contact me. I did that on purpose so I can spend my time how I want to spend it. I don't really use email and I have my private message inboxes on every platform closed. And they have been like that for
·levels.io·
Why I'm unreachable and maybe you should be too
Meng To on Twitter
Meng To on Twitter
I didn’t write a single line of code for this 🤯 pic.twitter.com/0Xyp17UbXH— Meng To (@MengTo) August 2, 2022
·twitter.com·
Meng To on Twitter
Strength through resilience
Strength through resilience
Brittle systems are weak. Short-term wins feel like a demonstration of will by those that seek to be strong. But the only run is the long run. When we embrace flexible, renewable and diverse approa…
·seths.blog·
Strength through resilience