Graham and Erik discuss the role of the spouse especially if you want to start a business and live a life some uncertainty. For long term success, you need a spouse that supports you. Building a business is not a short term project it takes stamina. The best chance of success is if one of the partners keeps the dayjob and the other one ventures out in business.

source article:
https://hbr.org/2017/10/if-you-cant-find-a-spouse-who-supports-your-career-stay-single

Nikki Lauda "I have no friends to protect myself" because everybody wants something from me. He is a very peculiar character for sure. Today we are living in a very streamlined world where everything is easy and Nikki doesn't want to follow the stream. In business, if everybody goes 1 direction Nikki goes the other direction.

There are people who resent certain tv shows but cannot stop watching them. This insanity if you know you are wasting your time STOP DOING IT. Graham went through a phase in his life where he did not own a TV.

source article:
https://www.theringer.com/tv/2017/10/20/16506586/tv-shows-waste-time

Mike Tyson was a high spender and clearly had no understanding of money. He grew up poor and therefore he said he didn't understand money. Obviously this came crashing down and he went bankrupt. He clearly did not have the right people around him to manage this part of his life.

Feed from your audience, your customers, your clients they can help you refine and improve your business by listening to them. Also they can stimulate you to keep doing what you are doing.

Mick Jagger reminds us that for sure Luck is a factor. According to Graham luck comes to you if you try enough. Being prepared for luck to strike is important.

We use an article that discusses how long $1.000.000 will last you in various states in the USA. if you really run the number like Graham (former financial advisor) it will scare you how much money you need to safe to retire the way you want.

source article:
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/heres-where-city-slickers-can-squeeze-the-most-out-of-1-million-in-retirement-2020-03-04

Retirement calculator
https://retirementplans.vanguard.com/VGApp/pe/pubeducation/calculators/RetirementIncomeCalc.jsf

We playing a clip from Cynthia Wihardja a good friend of Erik talking about having your phone present all the time. Is leaving social media hurting our business. Also Tony Robbins tells us: "We are drowning in information and starving for wisdom"

We listen to some lessons of Mark Zuckerberg in clips where he speaks about his vision on how you can start something new.

The idea is more important than the ability to get started. Don't be too much in your head but do stuff.

"It's is really good to be idealistic but be prepared to be misunderstood."

We also discuss that it is important that you surround yourself with good people or people of action. Feeling good is really depending on the people you surround yourself with. Find people that do what you want to do, for them what you want is normal or baseline.

Be carfull where, with whom and on what you spend your time. It is the only non renewable resource there is.

The instagram age: people are taking fake pictures on grounded private jets in Rusia.

We discuss the role of social media, why it exists but also how it interrupts and not serve our life. There is a role for social media in business for sure. The balance between sending and consuming.

Erik says you should not create 2 versions of yourself.


source article
https://www.businessinsider.com.au/moscow-company-sells-instagram-photoshoots-on-grounded-private-jets-2017-10

Eminem about working about learning the dictionary to become great at this craft. , stacking his AMO for his raps. He is one of the rappers with the largest vocabulary. Working your craft if you want to achieve something in life is really important.

source article:
https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/6642050/eminem-largest-vocabulary-music-industry