Mike's Notes

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5:50 don't shoot the dog

11:30 walking the idea maze

17:30 boring businesses

23:30 the David Swenson checklist

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OQ: Dan Carlin on the History on Fire podcast

1/ What job does this service/product do? What job are YOU hired for?

2/ Good decision makers put their thoughts down on paper. One way to do that is with checklists.

3/ To learn, find relevance not information.

4/ Common principles to wealth and health. (https://thewaiterspad.com/2017/05/15/finances-and-fitness/)

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#1 What to do when 'that's interesting.'

#2 Technology is not the MIT for technology startups, instead it's luck, persistence, and elbow grease.

#3 When starting, copy structures, formulas, or philosophy. When advancing be more like Sherlock Holmes

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Intro: the metaphor of tracking (Boyd Varty on Invest Like the Best).

1/ Thinking Small, http://amzn.to/2oNLFKF.

2/ Multiple compound yields and the triangle of mediocrity.

3/ Patrick Collison on starting a startup

4/ Me on Ryan Holiday on reading

Greek heroes, getting better, building your toolbox, and arguing well.

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From Santa Fe Institute: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSCbnS1yCzI

Intro: Tools of Titans, but for classical education

1/ 20 year technology cycles

2/ Using the 51% solution at Soulcycle

3/ Reading advice from president Obama's Chief of Staff

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How to learn algebra.

What does flipping burgers and "plain vanilla stock picking" have in common?

Can you get paid more for the work you love? (Sisyphus)

A couple lessons from Danny Meyer.