What if being a young agent who is long on time and short on cash who loves hitting your version of the ball was actually the optimal position for you? What if there was no promised land of security and control on the other side of making a billion dollars? How would your climate in the skull change if that were your default belief? Does it extend... See more

If you can find the thing you do for its own sake, the compulsive piece of your process, and dial that up and up, beyond the imaginary ceiling for that activity you may be creating, my experience is the world comes to you for that thing and you massively outperform the others who don’t actually like hitting that particular ball. I think the rest of... See more

“Scott, do your fucking job” (note there’s evidence that using your own name as you talk to yourself is particularly effective). Years ago I sat next to George Stephanopolous’s wife at a dinner and she described how she would wake up at 4 am because she’d hear George saying “come on George, come on George” coming from the bathroom as he got ready... See more

One hang-up many analytical analysts launching a fund have is that they feel sales-y and do not like promoting themselves. Try thinking about marketing as telling people an interesting story about the way you see reality, which could be helpful to your audience whether or not they invest. Yuval Hariri has a great framing of us all as a primate... See more