Entrepreneurship culture in America is all messed up and it’s a shame. TechCrunch. Product Hunt. Shark Tank. It’s all about new ideas. Changing the world. Innovation. 0 to 1. Blue ocean. Venture capital and exits and scalability. And IT’S ALL A LIE. If you ask the average

• Distress A biz can make $, but be hell to run. It can have solid financials, but the owner can’t hire to save their life. 20% fail in the 1st year, 90% over time. Business is hard. Do you have a skillset & growth plan to make it easier?

Sage advice from a man who ran his business for over six full decades. What if that's the main ingredient? What if the recipe is simply: Time + Focus + Consistency > Everything else

Are we on the verge of the long anticipated Fed pivot or is this week's FOMC another stop on our way toward “higher for longer,” serving as a drag on equities and a headwind to growth? Andy Constan joins me in this timely Hidden Forces to discuss. hiddenforces.io/podcasts/fed-r…

99% of the trolls on here are men. Be the man your kids think you are.

"Fiscal dominance refers to the possibility that the accumulation of government debt and continuing government deficits can produce increases in inflation that “dominate” central bank intentions to keep inflation low." - Charles W. Calomiris The article begins by showing that

When a friend suffers a terrible loss, we're often at a loss for words. If you feel that way, remember— months from now, they won't remember what you said, they'll remember that you showed up. —

2⃣ Truth is a Process Investors, especially in today’s 24hr media cycle are often quick to broadcast their positions and too slow to change them. Unwavering attachment to viewpoints can be costly however, especially in complex environments that require openness & adaptability.

It'll be harder than you think. It'll take longer than you think. You'll get more hate than applause... Do it anyway.

Time is not your most precious commodity. Your attention is…

It’s supposed to be hard, and you’re supposed to do it anyway. Luckily, you learn things along the way that make it easier… So steal my homework. Lessons building an 8-figure business:

Dear small business owner, You are not losing your mind. This running a business thing is way harder than anyone tells you, than social media says, or than Twitter threads show. It's more expensive, it's more painful, and most people will never understand.

I'm joined in this Hidden Forces by Victor Haghani's Victor Haghani to discuss what a growing body of literature has to say about sensible wealth management and how to manage your portfolio for the long term. hiddenforces.io/podcasts/where…

The view from my office for the next month.

We have completely lost the plot. Every day people are not being kept up at night about getting abortions and Ukraine and Jan 6th... they just want to eat, live safely, and pay their bills. Was talking to my hairdresser this morning, her business is down 40%. Her product costs

As the temperature gets DIALED UP in Israel's larger war with Iran, could we see another attempt by Iran to assassinate an American official on U.S. soil? What if the target of that assassination attempt were Donald Trump? cc: Jacob Ware

"The essence of 'Make America Great Again' is rising real wages...and SO MANY OTHER THINGS flow from that… …financial markets may be very surprised by what happens in November." JA on the implications of a Trump win on trade, economic growth, and inflation.

I can tell almost instantly when I meet a young man or woman, whether he or she is a deep thinker. They may not be at the top of their class, but that doesn’t necessarily make them less intelligent than the kid who scored 1500 on his SAT or the guy with an IQ of 134. They may be