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Studying a specific person can be dangerous because we tend to study extreme examples—the billionaires, the CEOs, or the massive failures that dominate the news—and extreme examples are often the least applicable to other situations, given their complexity. The more extreme the outcome, the less likely you can apply its lessons to your own life, be
... See moreMorgan Housel • The Psychology of Money: Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness
You need to accept risk, overcome obstacles, and think outside of the box if you want to make your own path as an entrepreneur. Good grades are nice, but they do not
Phil Laboon • Automate Your Income: How to identify and maximize self-operating revenue streams
something very odd about a society where the most talented people all get tracked toward the same elite colleges, where they end up studying the same small number of subjects and going into the same small number of careers.
Ferriss, Timothy • Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers
The secret is that taking risks provides optionality as well, via learning and differentiation. If you go to an ivy league school or elite consulting firm, however, you're merely one of many. Even something as prestigious as a Harvard degree makes you only one of 315,000. If you start a company, you can truly become one of a kind—you'll be one of a... See more
Erik Torenberg • Reconsidering Career Optionality
- “I grew up feeling like I was stupid and wasn’t going to go anywhere. It was because the whole traditional system didn’t work for me. I would go to class, but I can’t memorize things… I’m not good at following directions… I felt this desperate yearning for the first two decades of my life —this feeling of perpetual inadequacy.” – David Perell
Anthony Pompliano • Writing for Leverage, Teenage Billionaires, The Problem with Mainstream Media, and More - David Perell on Off the Chain, Hosted By Anthony Pompliano • Podcast Notes
Who is the type of person that could run a successful start-up?
James Clear • Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
In what other industry does someone with no college degree, no training, no background, no formal experience, and no connections massively outperform someone with the best education, the best training, and the best connections? I struggle to think of any.