2. Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe
Here's a list of 50 books...
every one of them is a page-turner.
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2. Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe
4. Annapurna: The First Conquest of an 8,000-Meter Peak by Maurice Herzog
6. The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea by Sebastian Junger
7. Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar
9. Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World’s Greatest Outlaw by Mark Bowden
11. When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management by Roger Lowenstein
13. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell
14. Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela by Nelson Mandela
16. Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike by Phil Knight
17. Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand
19. Liar’s Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street by Michael Lewis
20. Ho Chi Minh: A Life by William Duiker
21. Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell
23. Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell
24. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
26. The Forever War by Dexter Filkins
27. Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis
28. The Climb Up to Hell by Jack Olsen
30. Fool’s Gold: The Inside Story of J.P. Morgan and How Wall St. Greed Corrupted Its Bold Dream and Created a Financial Catastrophe by Gillian Tett
32. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War by Michael Shaara
33. Conquistadors of the Useless: From the Alps to Annapurna by Lionel Terray
34. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
36. The Memoirs of Field-Marshal Montgomery by Bernard Law Montgomery
37. 1776 by David McCullough
38. Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou
40. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
41. A Bridge too Far: The Classic History of the Greatest Battle of World War II by Cornelius Ryan
43. Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man’s First Journey to the Moon by Robert Kurson
44. For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
45. The Choice: Embrace the Possible by Dr. Edith Eger
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10 threads to make you healthy, wealthy, and wise:
1/ Learn a bit of psychology to better understand yourself.
Not from me. From a doctor.
@dremilyanhalt breaks down psych concepts to help you name your feelings and
2/ Define what self-care is to you.
Practice it. Often.
Incredible life lessons from mom, marketing executive, and CEO @AmandaMGoetz.
This thread will blow your mind.
3/ Know your worth.
Pay attention to red flags in business. Stand up for yourself when it's time.
No one knows this better than founder, executive, and influencer marketer,
4/ If you want to get rich, be willing to think outside the box.
Consider unsexy, cash-flowing small businesses.
@Codie_Sanchez is the expert in this and she writes a killer newsletter on building
10 threads to make you healthy, wealthy, and wise:
1/ Learn a bit of psychology to better understand yourself.
Not from me. From a doctor.
@dremilyanhalt breaks down psych concepts to help you name your feelings and
PSYCHOLOGY MEGATHREAD:
— Dr. Emily Anhalt (@dremilyanhalt) February 11, 2020
40 of my favorite psychological concepts, introduced as thoroughly as I could manage in 280 characters or less.
These are core human behaviors that play out in all relationships, & are explored through therapy.
Enjoy, ask questions, & add your own!
2/ Define what self-care is to you.
Practice it. Often.
Incredible life lessons from mom, marketing executive, and CEO @AmandaMGoetz.
This thread will blow your mind.
Things I know at 35,
— Amanda Goetz (@AmandaMGoetz) July 27, 2021
I wish I had known at 25.
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3/ Know your worth.
Pay attention to red flags in business. Stand up for yourself when it's time.
No one knows this better than founder, executive, and influencer marketer,
Emails like this where you need to "prove" your rates, while simultaneously being told you are "overpriced" are never worth the response (unless you're responding with a clapback). pic.twitter.com/nmVmQJHVI5
— Brittany | Influencer Marketing + Social Media (@MissBeeBright) August 10, 2021
4/ If you want to get rich, be willing to think outside the box.
Consider unsexy, cash-flowing small businesses.
@Codie_Sanchez is the expert in this and she writes a killer newsletter on building
I was burned out in finance, working on someone else's schedule, tired of having my time tied to $.
— Codie Sanchez \U0001f4a5 (@Codie_Sanchez) April 9, 2021
So I started investing in cash-flowing biz's.
Not sexy startups, but boring businesses.
One of my fav small deals netted $67k a year, $100k at close... w/ quarters
A thread: pic.twitter.com/Mv0diWoPeB
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Ivor Cummins has been wrong (or lying) almost entirely throughout this pandemic and got paid handsomly for it.
He has been wrong (or lying) so often that it will be nearly impossible for me to track every grift, lie, deceit, manipulation he has pulled. I will use...
... other sources who have been trying to shine on light on this grifter (as I have tried to do, time and again:
Example #1: "Still not seeing Sweden signal versus Denmark really"... There it was (Images attached).
19 to 80 is an over 300% difference.
Tweet: https://t.co/36FnYnsRT9
Example #2 - "Yes, I'm comparing the Noridcs / No, you cannot compare the Nordics."
I wonder why...
Tweets: https://t.co/XLfoX4rpck / https://t.co/vjE1ctLU5x
Example #3 - "I'm only looking at what makes the data fit in my favour" a.k.a moving the goalposts.
Tweets: https://t.co/vcDpTu3qyj / https://t.co/CA3N6hC2Lq
He has been wrong (or lying) so often that it will be nearly impossible for me to track every grift, lie, deceit, manipulation he has pulled. I will use...
... other sources who have been trying to shine on light on this grifter (as I have tried to do, time and again:
Ivor Cummins BE (Chem) is a former R&D Manager at HP (sourcre: https://t.co/Wbf5scf7gn), turned Content Creator/Podcast Host/YouTube personality. (Call it what you will.)
— Steve (@braidedmanga) November 17, 2020
Example #1: "Still not seeing Sweden signal versus Denmark really"... There it was (Images attached).
19 to 80 is an over 300% difference.
Tweet: https://t.co/36FnYnsRT9
Example #2 - "Yes, I'm comparing the Noridcs / No, you cannot compare the Nordics."
I wonder why...
Tweets: https://t.co/XLfoX4rpck / https://t.co/vjE1ctLU5x
Example #3 - "I'm only looking at what makes the data fit in my favour" a.k.a moving the goalposts.
Tweets: https://t.co/vcDpTu3qyj / https://t.co/CA3N6hC2Lq
1/ Some initial thoughts on personal moats:
Like company moats, your personal moat should be a competitive advantage that is not only durable—it should also compound over time.
Characteristics of a personal moat below:
2/ Like a company moat, you want to build career capital while you sleep.
As Andrew Chen noted:
3/ You don’t want to build a competitive advantage that is fleeting or that will get commoditized
Things that might get commoditized over time (some longer than
4/ Before the arrival of recorded music, what used to be scarce was the actual music itself — required an in-person artist.
After recorded music, the music itself became abundant and what became scarce was curation, distribution, and self space.
5/ Similarly, in careers, what used to be (more) scarce were things like ideas, money, and exclusive relationships.
In the internet economy, what has become scarce are things like specific knowledge, rare & valuable skills, and great reputations.
Like company moats, your personal moat should be a competitive advantage that is not only durable—it should also compound over time.
Characteristics of a personal moat below:
I'm increasingly interested in the idea of "personal moats" in the context of careers.
— Erik Torenberg (@eriktorenberg) November 22, 2018
Moats should be:
- Hard to learn and hard to do (but perhaps easier for you)
- Skills that are rare and valuable
- Legible
- Compounding over time
- Unique to your own talents & interests https://t.co/bB3k1YcH5b
2/ Like a company moat, you want to build career capital while you sleep.
As Andrew Chen noted:
People talk about \u201cpassive income\u201d a lot but not about \u201cpassive social capital\u201d or \u201cpassive networking\u201d or \u201cpassive knowledge gaining\u201d but that\u2019s what you can architect if you have a thing and it grows over time without intensive constant effort to sustain it
— Andrew Chen (@andrewchen) November 22, 2018
3/ You don’t want to build a competitive advantage that is fleeting or that will get commoditized
Things that might get commoditized over time (some longer than
Things that look like moats but likely aren\u2019t or may fade:
— Erik Torenberg (@eriktorenberg) November 22, 2018
- Proprietary networks
- Being something other than one of the best at any tournament style-game
- Many "awards"
- Twitter followers or general reach without "respect"
- Anything that depends on information asymmetry https://t.co/abjxesVIh9
4/ Before the arrival of recorded music, what used to be scarce was the actual music itself — required an in-person artist.
After recorded music, the music itself became abundant and what became scarce was curation, distribution, and self space.
5/ Similarly, in careers, what used to be (more) scarce were things like ideas, money, and exclusive relationships.
In the internet economy, what has become scarce are things like specific knowledge, rare & valuable skills, and great reputations.
