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The myth of exponential hypergrowth.

Jason Cohen doesn’t think exponential growth is a thing. He offers an alternative model that better fits a variety of growth data from hypergrowth products and companies. Lots of great charts to make a strong semantic point. | learn more

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Practice your coping mechanisms now.

“Happiness tends to decline throughout young adulthood and middle age, bottoming out at about age 50. After that, it heads back up again into one’s mid-60s. Then something strange happens. Older people split into two groups as they get old: […]

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Heuristics that almost always work.

“This new invention won’t change everything. This emerging disease won’t become a global pandemic. This conspiracy theory is dumb. This outsider hasn’t disproven the experts. This new drug won’t work. This dark horse candidate won’t win the election. This potential […]

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Trying too hard.

A very good keynote speech from Dean Williams of Batterymarch Financial Management. “Confidence in a forecast rises with the amount of information that goes into it. But the accuracy of the forecast stays the same.” | learn more

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What happens when you buy at an all-time high?

“Benjamin Graham, one of the great investors, suggested to his protégé Warren Buffett in 1951 that Buffett ought to sit out the market: the Dow had been below 200 every year in history except 1951, so why not wait a […]

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The secret to a great mentorship.

“Chemistry is a harmonious or effective interaction between people working together. Just as any other great relationship, a mentorship needs chemistry to reach its full potential. If it’s not already there, how can you set the stage to build chemistry […]

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The presence prison.

Jason Fried of Basecamp writes about their evolution from caring about teammates away status (presence) to not. “But it wasn’t until we gave up on Presence that we really got to embrace the sense of calm that comes from not […]