Optimize for forever, not for the white-hot space — own assets that compound instead of chasing what's newest.
JAY-Z: The New York Times Interview with Dean Baquet · Dean Baquet / The New York Times Style Magazine
Acquire unprofitable small operators using asymmetric knowledge and turn them profitable
Acquiring Minds: Phil Miller, $100K store to Pawville (11 locations, PE exit) — Acquiring Minds · Acquiring Minds
Acquire, remodel, and rebrand underperforming businesses to triple revenue in three years
Acquiring Minds: Phil Miller, $100K store to Pawville (11 locations, PE exit) — Acquiring Minds · Acquiring Minds
Layer multiple revenue streams onto idle square footage to multiply business value from a single fixed-cost envelope
Acquiring Minds: Phil Miller, $100K store to Pawville (11 locations, PE exit) — Acquiring Minds · Acquiring Minds
Be willing to look like a fool, never pre-write questions, and own the outcome — if nothing usable comes out, that's your failure, not theirs.
Brady Haran: YouTube's One-Man Liberal Arts Degree · The Create Unknown (Kevin Lieber & Matt Tabor)
Build a durable independent podcast network on believed-in sponsorship plus listener memberships — and on shows that outlast any single host, sponsor, or tool.
Building an Indie Podcast Network with Myke Hurley (Streamlined Solopreneur) · Myke Hurley
Let the agent write code as its action space — then save what works to a skill library it authors itself.
Jim Fan on Nvidia's Embodied AI Lab and Jensen Huang's Prediction that All Robots will be Autonomous · Sequoia Capital (Training Data)
In consumer products, you cannot fail fast. One bad SKU damages the parent brand.
Daniel Lubetzky on School of Hard Knocks (full episode) · School of Hard Knocks Podcast
Create a practice space where embodied learning, peers, and a teacher develop leadership
The Leadership Dojo: Build Your Foundation as an Exemplary Leader · Richard Strozzi-Heckler
Ten tactical systems for protecting focus, compounding mastery, and sustaining energy
The 5 AM Club · Robin Sharma
Predict when emerging technologies become economically viable using production learning rates.
Why SpaceX Wants To Put AI Data Centers In Orbit — Milk Road AI · Milk Road AI
Evaluate any digital identity proposal by asking whether it replicates the rights you already hold in physical space.
The Digital ID Trap Is Closing Faster Than You Think (your version, lock as-is) — TFTC · TFTC
Test every digital ID requirement against its physical-world equivalent.
The Digital ID Trap Is Closing Faster Than You Think (your version, lock as-is) — TFTC · TFTC
Treat developmental traits as features built for the life-stage's job, not bugs to suppress.
The Surprising Science of Adolescent Brains · Jennifer Pfeifer
Separate what happened, what we wish happened, and the story we tell ourselves in between.
How to Talk Truthfully About Black History · Clint Smith
Regulate anger by interrogating the causal explanations behind it instead of venting them.
Why Venting Doesn't Help You Deal with Anger · Jennifer Parlamis
Turn any green space into a biodiversity haven by mimicking the disturbances, grazing, and decay of wild ecosystems.
3 Tips to Make Your World Beautifully Wild · Isabella Tree
Shift demand in time and space to unlock stranded capacity instead of building more supply.
How AI Can Solve Its Own Energy Crisis · Varun Sivaram
Predictable, consistent allowances create planners; random handouts create spenders
How Parents Raise Bad Investors · Louise Hill
Financial media's incentive structure guarantees bad forecasts — by design
If You Understand This, You'll Never Fear a Market Crash Again · William J. Bernstein
Extract the lesson, file it, move on — don't carry mistakes forward
Deborah Meaden: Money Shouldn't Be Your Goal · Deborah Meaden
New technology + rapid change = fertile ground for old scams in new wrappers.
The Truth About Investing · Patrick Boyle
Insert space between event and reaction so higher-order thinking can engage
Change How You Think About Money · Pete Matthew
Don't hunt ideas — hunt funded problems.
I Wish I'd Saved Less When I Was Younger · Olly Richards
Precision bombing creates a 3-stage ladder where tactical success breeds strategic failure
The Iran War Expert: I Simulated The Iran War for 20 Years. Here's What Happens Next · Robert Pape
Capability grows exponentially; safety linearly — the gap keeps widening
The AI Safety Expert: These Are The Only 5 Jobs That Will Remain In 2030! · Roman Yampolskiy
Civilisational fragility rises when change rate exceeds evolutionary bandwidth
The Professor Banned From Speaking Out: 'We Need To Start Preparing' · Bret Weinstein
Separate near-term misuse risk from long-term AGI risk — they need different models
WARNING: ChatGPT Could Be The Start Of The End! · Sam Harris
Two dystopias flank every AI governance decision — the goal is the sliver of checks and balances between them
AI Expert: Here Is What The World Looks Like In 2 Years! · Tristan Harris
Write goals with surgical specificity to free yourself to improvise the path completely
How Arnold Schwarzenegger Won — Founders Podcast · Founders Podcast
The scarcest resource is not time — it is the willingness to think long-term in a world addicted to busyness
The Real Reason We're All So Busy (and What to Do About It) · Dorie Clark
Design every gathering around a specific, disputable purpose that shapes every decision
How to Create Meaningful Connections While Apart · Priya Parker
Optimize mindset, environment, and guidance to maximize benefit and minimize risk in psychedelic experiences
The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide · James Fadiman
Find magical solutions by abandoning naive logic in human affairs
Alchemy · Rory Sutherland
Understanding how the brain constructs time to improve decision-making, planning, and present-moment awareness
Your Brain Is a Time Machine · Dean Buonomano
Show up to your emotions with curiosity and compassion, not control
The Gift and Power of Emotional Courage · Susan David
Redesign your physical and social environment to make meaningful connection the default rather than the exception
Best Of: The ‘Quiet Catastrophe’ Brewing in Our Social Lives · Ezra Klein
Concentration is a trainable skill — practice it by doing one thing at a time
Unwavering Focus · Dandapani
Pack everything you own and only unpack what you actually need over 21 days
A rich life with less stuff | The Minimalists · The Minimalists
Grow as individuals within a relationship without growing apart by aligning evolution trajectories
690. Evolving Love: Navigating Personal Growth in Romantic Relationships with Jillian Turecki · Jillian Turecki
Freedom comes from questioning the stories you have been telling yourself about who you are
Lori Gottlieb — The Power of Getting to Unknow Yourself | The Tim Ferriss Show · Lori Gottlieb
Embrace your limitations to finally take action on what actually matters
TED Talks Daily Book Club: Meditations for Mortals | Oliver Burkeman | TED · Oliver Burkeman
Accomplish more by ruthlessly limiting yourself to what matters most
The Power of Less: The Fine Art of Limiting Yourself to the Essential · Leo Babauta
Write two pages of stream-of-consciousness every morning to clear mental clutter
Tim Ferriss Interview: How to Overcome Fear, Practice Self Love & Build a Writing Routine · Tim Ferriss
Accept radical finitude to escape the productivity trap forever
#1 Time EXPERT: Being Productive Is Making You MISERABLE · Oliver Burkeman
Maximize output by ruthlessly managing what energizes and drains you
Jim Collins — What to Make of a Life · Jim Collins
Build powerful relationships through casual proximity not formal pitches
This Is What Real Freedom Looks Like · Pieter Levels
Limit every commitment to its essential minimum for maximum impact
The Power of Less · Leo Babauta
Read and influence how people categorize you in every interaction
The Like Switch: An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Influencing, Attracting, and Winning People Over · Jack Schafer, Marvin Karlins
Create blue oceans by eliminating, reducing, raising, and creating across industry factors
Blue Ocean Strategy · W. Chan Kim & Renée Mauborgne