There's a fine line between being motivated by someone else's success (great) and being envious of their success (dangerous).

'Fast growth is counterintuitively more perilous than declining revenue and can quickly destroy a company.' Brent Beshore

“Victory in our industry is spelled survival.” —Steve Jobs

I spoke after this guy at the Qualtrics event, says he’s interested in basketball.

A different way to think about debt:

collabfund.com/blog/how-i-thi…

The four most dangerous financial traits are:

- FOMO
- Demanding certainty when none exists
- Impatience
- Gullibility

'Debt defines your future, and when your future is defined, hope begins to die.' - Kent Nerburn

'The expansion of the pharmaceutical industry, mostly due to Novo Nordisk, was responsible for all of Denmark’s economic growth last year.'

nytimes.com/2024/04/20/bus…

'The man who doesn’t read good books has no advantage over the man who can’t read them.' - Mark Twain

The ability to identify and ignore bullshit is one of the most underrated and important skills of our era.

A sign of how good ChatGPT is: I feel compelled to be polite when asking it to do things.

Lucky vs. repeatable

collabfund.com/blog/lucky-vs-…

I must say, Same as Ever by Morgan Housel is one of the most important books I’ve listened to in quite some time. As humanity progresses through the exponential age, the lessons reflected on here are invaluable. Stop what you’re doing and read this book!

A lot of people seem to have a necessary level of stress, and when their life is going well they make up imaginary problems to fill the void.

'In 2023 Americans shelled out more than $100bn on state-run lotteries. Were they a single company, America’s lotteries would be the ninth-most profitable in the country.

economist.com/graphic-detail…