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List of mentors
We all need mentors who can help us make progress in our lives. What has changed is that now internet gives us direct access to the best minds humanity has to offer. This is a collection of people who I consider believable. You will need to still think for yourself. All people can fail, all…
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Timeless Wisdom: What 35 Years of Howard Marks’ Memos Teach Us About Investing
For over three decades, Howard Marks, co-founder of Oaktree Capital Management, has been writing investment memos that have become legendary in financial circles. What began as a simple attempt to explain market events to clients has evolved into one of the most influential bodies of work in investment philosophy. His reflections, compiled in “35 Years…
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How to prepare for Fat Tail events
Today, we live in a complex and interconnected world. Taleb suggests that this connectivity “fattens the tails” which means we will face an increasing amount of potentially very negative events in the future. 1. Embrace Antifragility Over Optimization Taleb warns against “pseudo-efficiency”—chasing short-term gains that leave you vulnerable. For instance, outsourcing everything to one supplier…
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Simple
“Take a simple idea and take it seriously.” -Charlie Munger The idea is so simple that most of us don’t get it immediately. Eating less than you consume is simple. Going to training is simple. Sleeping 8 hours a night is simple. Putting your phone away if it takes too much time is simple. But…
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Roger Gracie
Roger Gracie is the all-time best BJJ competitor. He won 10 IBJJF world championships and even thought Marcus Almeida has more wins, Gracie won him in a definite manner in their last match. Why listen to Roger Gracie? Being the all-time best gives some weight to your words. Roger was not just the best, but…
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Lee Kuan Yew
Lee Kuan Yew was the prime minister of Singapore from 1959 to 1990. During his reign, Singapore transformed from being a jungle with a British military base into a global trade node and one of the wealthiest nations in the world. One can argue that he is one of the greatest statesmen ever. Why listen…
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Elon Musk
Everyone knows Elon. World’s richest man. Has created several successful companies like Zip2, Paypal, Tesla and SpaceX. Bought Twitter and is running multiple companies at once as the CEO. He is a living example of the phrase impossible is nothing. Why listen to Elon Musk? Musk has been able to create several highly valuable companies.…
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Andrew Grove
A Hungarian immigrant who became the CEO of Intel and one of the best leaders in his generation. During Grove’s era Intel’s market cap increased from $4 billion to $197 billion Why listen to Andrew Grove ? Grove was a pioneer in management thinking and implementation. John Doerr calls him the “Father of OKRs” (Objectives…
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Naval Ravikant
Naval Ravikant is a thoughtful angel investor. You could almost call him a philosopher. His tweetstorm “How to Get Rich” has +200k likes and he has invested in startups like Uber, Twitter, Notion, Stack Overflow and Yammer. Why listen to Naval Ravikant ? It is a pleasure to listen to Naval. His soft-spoken and thoughtful…
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Warren Buffet
The Oracle of Omaha. Warren Buffet is considered by many to be the greatest investor of all time. He is also one of the world’s richest people and has pledged to give away 99% of his fortune. His advice is sound and simple. Why listen to Warren Buffet? He has been able to generate an…
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Charlie Munger
Charlie Munger is a legendary investor. At the time of writing, he’s 99 years old and still sharp as a knife. Munger has been Warren Buffet’s partner in Berkshire Hathaway for decades and he’s been said to be “the broadest thinker he has encountered” by Bill Gates. Munger’s philosophy and thinking is as deep as…
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