There’s a disconnect when successful people say the secret to success is simply "working hard". The audience always scoffs. It sounds disingenuous, banal and unhelpful. Partly because not everyone who is successful worked hard to get there. But also because most people have no idea what hard...
I'm borrowing a great framework from @dvassallo: "Become a VC for your own ideas. Treat your ideas like cattle, not like pets." 🤯 Here's what it means for me: In venture capital, the aim of the game is to build a fund that invests in...
Someone once said it takes money to make money. They lied. By the time I was 12 I’d mastered the art of making money appear from thin air. I started by selling my lunch. Item by item. The sandwich my mum made me, a pack of crisps, and a...
In November 1995, a movie changed cinema forever. Pixar released “Toy Story,” the world’s first computer-animated feature film. The film became a hit franchise and has been followed by other universal hits like Finding Nemo, Inside Out, Up, Coco, Ratatouille, Monster’s Inc., and The Incredibles. But according to...
Your actions stem from your values, and your values stem from everyone you’ve ever known and the things they taught you about life . Your belief system is an incredible botanical garden of ideas planted over decades that have branched and flowed in unique ways. But not everything in that...
Instead of seeking balance, sometimes it's worth intentionally seeking imbalance.
