Ram Dass has an excellent quote, “The enlightened version of a river is still a river.” We can substitute any object into this quote and it will still work. An enlightened rock is still a rock, an enlightened cloud is still a cloud, and an enlightened human is still a human. So what does he […]
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I’ve heard the term “Web 3.0” thrown around with the rise of popularity of cryptocurrencies and NFT’s. In order to understand what Web 3.0 is, we first need to understand Web 1.0 and Web 2.0. The Internet Before we can understand Web 1.0, the technology needs to be set up in order for websites to
Zero to One is a collection of thoughts, ideas, and notes from a class Peter Thiel taught at Stanford about startups. Peter Thiel is one of the co-founders of PayPal and has stayed prominent in Silicon Valley and the investing community. From this course, a student, Blake Masters, shared his notes which were widely circulated.
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Ikigai is a Japanese concept that roughly translates as “the happiness of always being busy.” The authors of the book, Héctor García and Francesc Miralles, realized there were no books bringing this concept to the Western world. A secondary reason for the book was to conduct an investigation of the people of Ogimi, Japan. Ogimi
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I was waiting in a TSA line as a thirteen-year-old boy when I asked my grandfather “Where is your favorite place on Earth that you have been?” He responded back saying “Without a doubt, New Zealand.” He told me a story of how he and my grandmother were driving along the northwest coast of New
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Think about the people you admire most. Seriously, take a minute to think about who will be on this list. At least for me, these people demonstrate a group characteristic that I would like to have in the super version of me. They behave in a way that I would like to replicate in the
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My favorite quote from Ram Dass is the following, “Just because you are seeing divine light, experiencing waves of bliss, or conversing with Gods and Goddesses is no reason to not know your zip code.” This quote is a representation of how I aim to live my life. The spiritual experiences Ram Dass speaks about
One of my favorite ideas from Jordan Peterson is being the “responsible one at a funeral.” It’s an achievable and admirable goal to have for your life. You want to be the person who can face the situation head-on and be useful in one of the toughest moments in life. It’s an opportunity to honor
One of my favorite ideas from Morgan Housel is to bet on the behaviors that won’t change. Companies come and go, industries flourish and crash, and trading styles will change based on economic indicators that haven’t been created yet. Our world is driven by human decisions. Even as algorithms gain more influence, there is a
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Howard Marks is best known for being the co-founder of Oaktree Capital Management. He is also revered in the investment community for the memo’s he has published dating back to 1990. For 30+ years he has published his thoughts, insights, and perspectives on investing to the public. In his book, The Most Important Thing, he
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