“I’m the Richest Guy in the World” When I think about what constitutes a successful and abundant life, the investor who embodies it best for me is Arnold Van Den Berg. He’s not a billionaire or a genius. He doesn’t own a yacht or a plane. Yet there’s nobody in the investment world whom I … Read more
This is the second book I read Peter Lynch, which is one of my favorite investors. Check out the first one here. One of the reasons or perhaps the biggest reason I like to learn from Peter is because he has a way of communicating his common sense in an understandable way. Simplifying complex things … Read more
Being very interested in DeFi (Decentralized Finance) — I failed to find good books about that topic out there — other than The Infinite Machine. This book narrates the story of Ethereum. It was such a pleasure reading it. I enjoy having an insight about how radical and paradigm shifting ideas came to be. Let’s … Read more
In this excerpt from What it takes, Stephen Schwarzman explains how Blackstone developed it’s highly risk-averse and impersonal investing strategy. His system differs from that of Warren Buffett which I find highly interesting. Warren makes decisions on his own mostly, at Blackstone there is a process through which investing decisions have to go. THERE ARE … Read more
In this excerpt from What it takes, the CEO and co-founder of Backstone brings clarity to economic cycles and how to deal with them effectively in investments. The success of any investment depends in large part on where you are in the cycle when you make it. Cycles can have a major impact on the … Read more
What follows is an excerpt from the founder of Backstone Stephen A. Schwarzman’s Biography. Blackstone is the largest alternative investment firm in the world. This is my favorite chapter so far in this book. It is so interesting to me because Stephen describes his thinking process when he created a new company. What he was … Read more
While reading about self-distancing or self-reflection from a third person perspective I had to think about David Goggins. He’s who many would agree on, one of the bravest and toughest people alive. And he tends to talk about himself in the third person. Coincidence? I don’t think so. I was so freaking excited while reading … Read more
There is a lot of good things I have to say about Scott Adam’s book How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big. The reason I’m sharing this excerpt is that I feel like I paid too much attention to the importance of being very good at something. What Scott displays here is … Read more
I read this book because I’m very interested in the Wim Hoff method. The book is but a little longer than it should be. But hey, no problem as we can always skip the parts we don’t need and so I did. I summarized and quoted the most existing lessons, here they are. Humans evolved … Read more
Last time we read about Empathetic Imagination, one of the defining characteristics of self-made Billionaires. Another characteristic is Patient Urgency. It means feeling an urgency to have everything in place at the right time and sustaining that urgency during prolonged periods of time. The Self-made Billionaire Effect explains. They always say time changes things, but … Read more
One remark particularly stuck in my head today while reading When I Stop Talking, You’ll Know I’m Dead. Thus, the title of this post. I began to look for work a few months after I started taking classes. The business side of entertainment–that’s where I was heading as far back as the family trip to … Read more
Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose. I started this book because it was mentioned several times in Alex’s book The Third Door. I just felt this very intense intuition that it would turn out to be a great book to read for me at this time, turned out to be right. I … Read more
What follows is an excerpt from the book Superbetter. Rewire your brain so it’s easier to motivate yourself, persevere, and succeed. In video games, we play as heroes. We become conquering space cowboys, warrior princesses, daredevil racecar drivers, or the last survivors of a zombie apocalypse. Even in nondigital games, we strive to be the … Read more
A while ago I made a post about Janes McGonical’s TED talk, watch it if you haven’t. This is an excerpt of her book Superbetter. I highly recommend this book. Introduction You are stronger than you know. You are surrounded by potential allies. You are the hero of your own story. These three qualities are … Read more
What follows is a assertiveness training session taken from the book When I say no, I feel guilty. Dialogue #22Ron handles digressive, irrelevant,pertinent, and criticalcomments during thepresentation of areport. Ron is a young graduate student in business administration taking a course in economics. He has great difficulty in getting up in front of a group … Read more
If I had read this title a short while ago I would probably have scoffed it off at first but not any longer. I recently became interested in Wim Hof’s teachings and physical feats of survival because I noticed that he uses breathing techniques. Breathing techniques were something on my mind since a friend who … Read more
I’m fascinated by a book which explains what Self-made Billionaires have in common. One of the key factors of self-made billionaires is their ability to be empathic enough to understand the needs of other people, and imaginative enough to find and evaluate solutions to those problems. The Self-made Billionaire Effect explains. Inspiration exists, but it … Read more
There are two great books about the science of learning, A Mind for Numbers which I made a summary of and Make it Stick. The following paragraphs are from the latter. Embrace Difficulties WHEN MIA BLUNDETTO, age twenty-three, first lieutenant, U.S. Marine Corps, was billeted to logistics in Okinawa, she had to get her ticket … Read more
When I Say No, I Feel Guilty by Manuel J. Smith has become one of my all-time favorite books. This book is like a vaccine against manipulation. I’m so grateful to my instinctual attraction to this book despite it not being popular nor new or anything. One of those rare books that are truly undervalued. … Read more
I want to introduce a very powerful self-improvement concept with the following chapters from the book Can’t Hurt Me, from David Goggins. In fact, this might be the most powerful/no bullshit concept ever. I showed up on her doorstep later that day with my stomach growling. I didn’t ask for forgiveness and she didn’t demand … Read more