The most valuable articles I’ve ever read.

• This is a podcast, but definitely one of the most valuable pieces of information I’ve ever consumed on building wealth. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-TZqOsVCNM
• Why losing money in your 20s is near meaningless and why people who focus on maximizing earning capacity instead are the wealthiest by far. Full PDF here. Original source here.
• Startups, Economics, Learning, Programming, and Life. Insightful information and stories written very simply and articulated plainly. Pick any essay from Paul Graham that sounds interesting to you and I guarantee you will not regret it. http://www.paulgraham.com/articles.html
• The role of luck or serendipity on one’s success. https://iveybusinessjournal.com/understanding-richie-rich/
• Topics that make you a better and smarter leader: Learning, Mental Models, Decision Making, Reading Better, Intellectual Case Studies, and Self Improvement. https://fs.blog/blog/
• Everything self-improvement, backed by science. https://www.bakadesuyo.com/
• Dr. Baird explains little-known and poorly understood science concepts by correcting science myths, misconceptions, and errors in the general populace and in science textbooks. https://www.wtamu.edu/~cbaird/sq/index.html
• Understand money better with this explanation of the time value of money (TVM), compounding, interest, and discounting. https://www.extension.iastate.edu/agdm/wholefarm/html/c5-96.html
• The age of convergence and conformity of everything in society. https://www.alexmurrell.co.uk/articles/the-age-of-average
• One of the single most valuable pieces of advice that applies to any situation in life: Do the obvious things. https://mindingourway.com/obvious-advice/
• In business, your image is important: lifestyle marketing. https://web.archive.org/web/20150206181548/http://www.quicksprout.com/2014/12/15/how-a-ferrari-made-me-a-million-bucks/
• Compounding relationships & reputation. https://mailchi.mp/e2d02a4dcc8a/creating-your-own-yacht

Interesting Reads

• The housing theory of everything: Expensive housing and sparsely populated regions have surprisingly high costs to society. https://www.worksinprogress.co/issue/the-housing-theory-of-everything/
• Masterclass in delivering the most value to sponsors. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/25/magazine/roger-federer-brand-legacy.html
• The complete history and psychology of luxury and status: Why do we want to look rich? https://qz.com/quartzy/1123395/the-complete-history-of-luxury/
• The vastness and complexity of our economy and financial markets: https://onezero.medium.com/the-modern-world-has-finally-become-too-complex-for-any-of-us-to-understand-1a0b46fbc292
• Stress, where it comes from, and its benefits and detriments: https://news.stanford.edu/news/2007/march7/sapolskysr-030707.html

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