I recently started a new job at a consulting firm. And through three interviews over three weeks, ended up getting the job within a month’s time. What was more incredible to me was the first interview was when the Jewish owner in his 60s reached out to me first via LinkedIn, and within 5 minutes […]
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Women are the gatekeepers to sex, and men are the gatekeepers to commitment. Right now, the relationship between men and women is the worst social issue of the 21st century, and the breakdown of the intertwined relationship leads to the breakdown of society. In Shawn T Smith’s book Gatekeeper, the tactical guide to commitment, he
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Somewhat ironically, taking advice from a divorce lawyer could prove to be useful in avoiding divorce. James Sexton is a divorce lawyer in the United States who operates out of New York who charges $750/hour. He himself has also been married and divorced previously, with an amicable co-parenting setup for his two children. His parents
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Peter Thiel co-founded PayPal, Palantir, and Founders Fund. He was the first investor in Facebook, with 500,000 in at a $5m valuation for 10% of the company. That investment returned over 20,000,000%, 20 million percent. He also is the author of Peter Thiel, and clearly knows what he’s doing in business and investing. He asks
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According to Abigail, despite the popularity of therapy, she is a firm believer that therapy overall is not effective and people are better off without therapy. This is pretty controversial considering how popular therapy is and how widespread it is, with an estimated 37% of millennials having gone to therapy at one point in time.
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Joel Greenblatt at Gotham Capital returned 50% per year returns from 1985 to 1994, the highest public increase in public equities in the US. If I could get 1% wiser from his investing wisdom, that would be a small 2% bonus in returns. Values all S&P 500 stocks on a daily basis. Buying companies with
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7 types of people to avoid in life Certain people you meet in life should be in your life for the rest of your life. But other people are not as good. Some people I met in life and I realized in hindsight that the conversation should have ended at “Hello” with nothing more said
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In his book Tribe of Mentors, Tim Ferris interviews various domain experts with just 11 good questions. These are good questions you could ask anyone to start to get an idea of what kind of person they are: What are 1 to 3 books that have greatly influenced your life? What purchase of $100 or
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Life, wealth, and values according to Chamath, an early executive at Facebook turned angel investor and former Golden State Warriors minority owner. -be emotionally rich and available -be coherent and honest with other people -take the advice of others but carefully consider how it applies to you -family, health, knowledge. Next are work, money, friendships
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Written by Chris Miller, Putinomics focuses on power and money in Russia in recent history. Specifically, how Vladimir Putin ended up getting to where he is today from the fall of the Soviet Union. Three goals of government. Centralize power, Prevent discontent, and have private business drive economy without sacrificing first two. Hyperinflation and chaos
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