Michael Batnick of The Irrelevant Investor, put together this awesome chart of the most important investors of all time. It includes “traders, investors, hedge fund managers, Nobel laureates, economists, and early pioneers of portfolio management.” Some of these people aren’t known as investors, but pioneered how we think about investing, such as psychologist Daniel Kahneman. […]
The Most Important Books
This is the most important books I’ve read: Behavioral Psychology, Bias & Heuristics: 1. “Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion” by Robert B. Cialdini This is probably the most important book I’ve read. In it Cialdini outlines the human tendency to act like unconscious pre-programmed robots. It’s also an easy and entertaining read. 2. “Thinking Fast and […]
Five Things Learned From Steve Jobs
Jobs will with guarantee go down in history as one of the world’s greatest innovators and visionaries. I learned a lot from reading about him. Reading his biography feels a bit like having him mentoring me on the value of simplification and focus. Here are 5 things I learned from reading about Steve Jobs:
33 Mind Blowing Elon Musk Quotes
Elon Musk is known as the real word Iron Man. That’s a pretty badass comparison if you ask me. It’s not without merit though. “My mind is not easily blown, but this place and this guy were amazing,” – Robert Downey Jr said after meeting Musk at SpaceX, before his role as Iron Man. He’s the […]
The Intelligent Investor Notes – Invest Like Billionaire Warren Buffett
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Zero to One Notes – What Kind of Business to Start
“Competition is for losers” – Peter Thiel. A Monopoly According to Thiel, to have big success in business, you should create a monopoly. Let’s look at what characterizes businesses you don’t want to start first. Avoid business models that are dominated by the exact opposite, perfect competition. In perfect competition markets, business secrets is known to everyone, companies […]
4 Insights That Made Albert Einstein a Genius
Albert Einstein. It is not a coincident that several billionaires recommends studying this man. “No other man contributed so much, to the vast expansion of the 20th century knowledge” – President Eisenhower. What is the insight and wisdom that made this genius? Here’s a summary and key takeaways from “Einstein: His Life and Universe“.
6 Principles of Powerful Persuasion and Influence
The book Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini is a true eye opener. We Act Like Programmed Robots This book reveals a fact about humans that everyone should pay more attention to: In many ways, we act like robots, pre-programmed for different reaction patterns.
22 Takeaways: Secrets of a $261 Billion Success.
261 billion. That is the market cap of Wal-Mart, the company he built from scratch. 2.2 million people. That is the number of people Wal-Mart employs today. I guess we can agree that this man is worth learning from? His name was Sam Walton. What made Sam a billionaire and such an effective and successful entrepreneur? Here are 22 clues […]
5 Lessons From Billionaire Richard Branson
5 key lessons from Richard Branson’s book, The Virgin Way. 1. If it does not excite you, don’t do it. This is a message repeated by a lot of billionaires. If it does not excite you, don’t do it. Branson’s two main reasons is that: First, if you do not get excited by what you are […]