sari

I think for a long time we over-indexed on giving patients as many choices as possible and hoped they made the right ones without realizing the most important (and maybe only interpretable) metric for the majority of people is how much this is going to hit their bank accounts.

VCs focus more on thought leadership than ever before, because their access to capital is less valuable than their social capital. Dave Portnoy can become one of the biggest names in finance, raise tens of millions for businesses hurt by the pandemic and move stock prices without having billions under management or a long investing track record let... See more

The current education system teaches you “will power” rather than how to be creative. Will power is the ability to do something you don’t want to do. Anecdote: Cleese had an essay assignment about time. In comedic fashion, he wrote about how he didn’t have time to complete the essay. The teacher rejected the paper and said it was not within the... See more

Mindset change is not about picking up a few pointers here and there. It's about seeing things in a new way. When people...change to a growth mindset, they change from a judge-and-be-judged framework to a learn-and-help-learn framework. Their commitment is to growth, and growth take plenty of time, effort, and mutual support

12. If you could wake up tomorrow having gained any one quality or ability, what would it be?

There's been a trend to focus on skills over hiring someone because they attended a prestigious school or worked at a great company. I appreciate the meritocratic intention behind this: those who can succeed will succeed.

What interests me specifically here, is travel insurance. A $19.2 billion market in 2019 and is projected to reach $39.3 billion by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 17.4% from 2020 to 2027