MEGA THREAD TIME Here are 50 ideas that shape my worldview. These are my guiding principles and the light of my intellectual life. All of them will help you think better, and I hope they inspire curiosity.
17 tips for great copywriting:
I absolutely *love* these Amazon Writing Style Tips (found via Google & https://t.co/rB1VKdTkpd) Have any other companies offered a glimpse into their in-house style? https://t.co/CI8yM3jMW3
1/ Graduating seniors deserve a Charlie Munger Tweetstorm with appropriate life advice to mark the occasion. "I want you to learn as much as you can vicariously. It’s too painful to do it by personal hardship. “You don't have to pee on an electric fence to learn not to do it”
Buying a business, especially a good one, is hard. But not impossible. And not without risks. Reducing those risks takes a good process, emotional control, discipline, savvy advisors, and relentless hard work. Though just about anyone can do it.
What’s a great biography I should read? Preference: - person needs to be on top of their game from 1880-1980s. Nothing modern - businessy type of person. Military or pop culture related is cool too - on audible - not more than 800 pages - haven’t read before
Does anyone else avoid searching for emojis by remembering what iOS will autosuggest? eg hi 👋🏼 ok 👍🏼 lol 😂 hm 😒 cry 😭 fist 👊🏼 eek 😬 huh 🤔 sad 😔 uhh 🙄 hug 🤗 love ❤️ kiss 😘 cool 😎 eyes 👀 wink 😉 angry 😤 love it 😍 i hope 🤞🏼 joking 🙃 cheers 🥂/🍻 glasses 🤓 po…
Last one on Buffett. Here's his answer in 2009 vs 2020 about whether or why to buy stocks. His answer is pretty similar. I don't know what stocks will do over the short run. But I buy when the price is right. Interesting to compare and contrast. https://t.co/YMlAdkuIQi
There's a new option in the build vs. buy question; we threw a relatively complex problem at @airtable that we couldn't get as SaaS, and would have taken us a week+ to build. The result blew our pants off. Take a look at our video of the process: https://t.co/w7YPYI4FCg
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