Mar 10The Range of Slavery to Freedom in LabourFrom selling the self to the creative product. The Stepping Stone View. Abraham Lincoln considered waged labour as another form of slavery but one that was a necessary stepping stone to eventual self-employment. He believed waged labour to be an impermanent condition. For the person pivotal in abolishing chattel slavery in the U.S. …Work5 min read
Mar 1Describing Writing in Third PersonI often wonder what someone else must be thinking. Loved ones may share their days and moments with me. But I cannot know what they think every second. You’ve probably felt this too. It’s the realization of how alone we are. Everyone has thoughts of their own that are private…Writing5 min read
Published in Be Yourself·Feb 23For What Purpose Do I Write?A reminder for my future and present self when I’m visited by the devil of resistance. Asking myself “why” I do something is powerful. There are various questioning techniques like asking myself “why” three to five times to get deeper into the underlying beliefs. …Writing7 min read
Published in The Creator’s Path·Feb 23Framework to Define “Smart”You want smart friends, smart colleagues, smart leaders and hire smart employees. But how does one go about determining if someone is ’smart’? Like a bad wedding speech, I could tell you the Webster Dictionary definition of ‘smart. But, I won’t because I think the definition we refer to is…Self5 min read
Published in Be Yourself·Feb 18Do You Wonder: “What the Hell Am I Doing”?I don’t mean to indulge myself by saying I’m an artist, writer, or creator. Much like I call myself a powerlifter because I compete in the lifting of heavy things or call myself an investor because I buy businesses with all the money I have, I write every day so…Self Improvement5 min read
Feb 15“Seeing” TimeLook at a screen. Check the time. Isn’t it crazy that we instantly grasped the rotation of the Earth in a few digits? Isn’t it also crazy that we think it’s early, late, time to eat, time to work, or feel guilt depending on the numbers we see We yearn…Time6 min read
Published in The Creator’s Path·Feb 12Great Ideas are FragileThat’s what Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI and the former president of Y-Combinator, said on Tyler Cowen’s podcast. Did you know that he doesn’t know how to read a balance sheet or build financial models? Just when I thought I knew enough about Altman to like him, he delighted me…Startup3 min read
Feb 11Empathy For Intelligent FanaticsSanjay Bakshi is one of the authorities studying intelligent fanatics. It’s a term coined by Charlie Munger for iconoclastic leaders investors would be lucky to invest alongside. Mark Leonard, Warren Buffett, and Jeff Bezos would be intelligent fanatics. The following thoughts are from Bakshi’s lectures here, here, and here. …Investing6 min read
Published in The Creator’s Path·Feb 10Measuring Dicks with SkyscrapersA skyscraper is not aspirational architecture. It’s like an XXXL soda cup at a convenience store. The outrageous size distracts you from how soulless it is. Its merit is an efficient use of space. But what if it’s a symbol for an underlying culture? A Ferrari for the financial elite…Life3 min read
Feb 9Learning from Josh TarasoffThere are a number of media-shy investors who have influenced me with a few bits of their process they’ve graciously shared with the public. Josh Tarasoff of Greenlea Lane Capital is one of those people. There’s so little stuff on him that a few things I wrote about based on…Investing4 min read
