Profiles
Who is worth paying attention to? How can you systemize insights into better practices?
| Name | Key Lesson |
|---|---|
| Carl Jung | Dreams, coincidental collisions, and alter egos |
| Charlie Munger | Simplification through Mental Models, Invert your thinking |
| Dan Carter | How to enter into difficult conversations |
| Donald Trump | Attention Distraction Negotiation |
| Elon Musk | First Principles |
| Eric Schmidt | Risks vs Rewards of AI |
| Ernest Hemingway | Write one true sentence per day |
| Jeff Bezos | Meeting preparation, one-way decisions, flywheel effects |
| Fred George | Problem identification and focus on producing valuable outcomes |
| Naval Ravikant | Learn to sell, learn to build |
| Pieter Levels | Shipping ideas quickly and effectively |
| Razor | The power of storytelling on focusing intention and attention |
| Rory Sutherland | Second order thinking |
| Scott Adams | Systems and Persuasion |
| Todd Simkin | Decision making and better communication |
| Warren Buffet | Cashflow and the Snowball Effect |
| Wayne Smith | Language, Mantra, Culture |
Also see tech investing profiles
Questions
How should you believe? Who has actionable advice worth following?
- Who is influential?
- What domains of expertise?
- Why are they influential?
- How consistent is their messaging?
- How accurate are their historical predictions?
- what tactics do you they use to gain followers?
- How easy is their advice to follow?
- What is the cost of following their advice?
- What is their stated value system?
- Do actions align with [value system]?
Practices
What systems for implementing best practices can you engineer from studying top performers.
- Optimize their time?
- Identify priorities?
- Break down problems?
- Develop solutions?
- Build belief?
- Communicate?
Curated Lists
For developing perspective on latest trends.
- World View
- AI
- Business Operations
- Crypto
- DAOS
- Investing
- Industries
- Product Development
- Technology
- Web3 Operations
- Sport and Culture
- Longevity
- Countries