“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
“Can you believe that thing, or something like it, is going to take people to another planet for the first time in 4.5 billion years? I mean, probably. It may not work. But it probably will.” Elon This is the second Biography about Elon I’ve read, the first being Elon Musk by Ashlee Vance. This … Read more
I discovered Peter Lynch while listening to The Art of Investing – Lessons from History’s Greatest Traders. That audiobook is like a mini MBA in investing. A great starting point to discover people to follow and books to read. I remember that night so well, it was magical because I went photo-shooting while listening to … Read more
On several occasions Gary mentioned that the Thank You Economy is is most underrated book. I agree, Gary too — guessing from his retweet 😄 This book breaks marketing down to an essential principle like no other I’ve read. Caring about your customer. Let’s start with a few of my favorite quotes. How do people … Read more
My high expectations for this book turned out to be accurate. What it takes is a must read if you are interested in the reasoning process one of the biggest investors uses to make good decisions. The Blackstone Way After messing up an investment he himself approved, Schwarzman implemented a method in which ideas are … 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
This book is so good I read it twice, and probably will read it again within a year. There is just so much insight and it rings to true to me. This book is about finding what self-made Billionaires have in common. Searching answers for questions like. What skills, habits, talents or life experiences distinguish … Read more
This book entered my reading list while listening to the Tim Ferriss show 367. Bill Campbell, the coach this book writes about, immediately caught my interest. Here is Eric from the podcast: So Jonathan, Alan, and I have written a book called Trillion Dollar Coach and Bill Campbell is, at least in our opinion, the most successful … Read more
Yesterday I sat down to enjoy Elon’s interview at Air Force Space Pitch Day and wrote down some notes. Elon is brilliant at distilling business to the core principles. It’s his way of applying first-principles thinking. Make something that print’s money At the 2019 Earnings Call Elon explained his business model for Tesla’s Solar Energy. … 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
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
I’ve never really followed Mark Cuban, but somehow my instinct told me I should read his book that I had bought about 3 years ago. The book did not disappoint me. I love the succinct and practical no-nonsense approach Mark has. Here are the most important lessons from his book. Dream about the future you … Read more
In his book How to Win in at the Sport of Business, Mark shares some of his insights he gained over the years while becoming one of the most successful Businessmen. Everyone is a genius in a bull market Do you remember the crypto hype a while back? All of a sudden everyone seemed to … Read more
Learn from one of the most successful business men of history Sam Walton not only was one of the most successful business men of history, he also set an example of intense curiosity and passion. Sam grew up in during the great depression and learned the value of hard work. Inspired by his mother who … Read more
Learn how to create long term success in your company Companies go through phases When we think about capitalism, inevitably some ugly examples pop up into our mind. Companies which are greedy, ruthless to their employees and the environment, the list goes on. But are some companies really inherently bad? The truth is that companies … Read more
This classic will teach you how a positive mental attitude leads to success Positive Mental Attitude leads to success sooner or later Success can be attributed to a single characteristic, a positive way of thinking.Take Henry Ford as an example, he didn’t give up on his visionary V8 engine even though his engineers told him … Read more
Learn what differentiates Great Companies from Good Companies Jim Collins and his team researched over 6000 press articles and 2000 pages of executive interviews to find out what makes companies go from good to great. Good-to-great companies are those which have been performing below the average stock market performance for at least 15 years before … Read more
Learn from one of the biggest visionaries and entrepreneurs, the mind behind Amazon. Jeff Bezos worked at the hedge fund D.E. Shaw & Co back in the early nineties. He was a remarkable employee. He had the ability for deep analytical thinking since he was a young boy. Upon graduating from Princeton in 1986, Bezos worked … Read more
Learn how to outperform massive traditional marketing budgets with free growth hacker marketing Traditional marketing techniques won’t get you the same results like growth hacker techniques. For example, if you want to create a viral post or product, paying a huge marketing campaign won’t do the job. Your product has to capture new customers by … Read more
This book packs so much useful information about marketing, if you read one book about marketing let it be this one. Marketing is about perception not about superiority. If you want to sell your product you have to tweak your appearance and product in a way which makes it seem superior to those of the … Read more