Daniel Crosby

Shrink. Author. Into FinTech, behavioral finance, existentialism, inkblots, & tweed. Books - Laws of Wealth, Behavioral Investor Podcast - Standard Deviations

[Daniel Crosby @danielcrosby]

I used to drink tons of Diet Coke but it’s been one month since I’ve had a drop.

I want to share some of the changes I’ve observed in myself over that time:

- My health is unchanged
- I’m less happy
- My one source of joy is gone

Thanks for encouraging me on this journey!

[OddStats @OddStats]

QQQ finished the first 150 days of 2026 with a return of +17.7%

There have been 8 years in history where it was up at least that much at this point.

Here's how it did FROM THERE to the end of the year:
+20.8%
+16.5%
-0.6% (2012)
+15.6%
+8.2%
+16.5%
+16.1%
+10.5%

Damn.

[Daniel Crosby @danielcrosby]

@hirschibar The old ward in absolute shambles

[Daniel Crosby @danielcrosby]

Every day, we tell ourselves little lies that obscure our sense of what we should really be about.

I take on this slow, subtle destruction of personal purpose in today's note.

Money and Meaning: Gradually, Then Suddenly https://t.co/Uebdmu4f7C

[iceberg ❄️🏔 @snowset]

Real estate advice from 1992
😒

[Sheel Mohnot @pitdesi]

Absolutely love Arnold and this pricing idea for a workout app.

You pay $100 for his app but if you complete 4 workout programs you get your money back.

I signed up!

[Daniel Crosby @danielcrosby]

@jessewardclark @nihilists4jesus Excited! We will be there just before close.

[Daniel Crosby @danielcrosby]

https://t.co/l9w0hYLOLD

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@Paul_Ollinger I loved it!

[Daniel Crosby @danielcrosby]

This I believe.

Life is hard, but not every hardship is pathological.

[Daniel Owens @dsowens17]

Interesting article in the New York Times today:

"The more fixated we are on mental health, the more sensitive we become to anything that might qualify as a symptom and the more we use clinical language to describe normal emotional experiences like grief, burnout and loneliness. This broadening of what we think counts as a disorder — known as concept creep — encourages us to pathologize ordinary life and see ourselves as mentally unhealthy."

[Daniel Crosby @danielcrosby]

@ModomSolutions The lowering of the bar for trauma is my least favorite part of modern therapy speak

[Jared Cook @jkimballcook]

you can't give tough love to someone you don't love in the first place

your effectiveness at correcting bad behavior is in most cases directly proportional to the love and trust you have built up with the person you wish to correct

[Daniel Crosby @danielcrosby]

@nihilists4jesus I was there too but far too sweaty to hunt for MMCs. Looking forward to the book signing 🤘🏻

[Peter Mallouk @PeterMallouk]

The “good old days” weren’t necessarily better. We were just younger.

[Daniel Crosby @danielcrosby]

@bcbaker66 Love your posts! I don’t think I’ve ever heard the story of what you do there, how you landed there etc…

[Daniel Crosby @danielcrosby]

@mhp_guy We live in Provo now and I was so bummed to miss your Shark Tank thing (we were out of state)

[Daniel Crosby @danielcrosby]

@EconomPic Jake gets it.

[Daniel Crosby @danielcrosby]

@EricBalchunas Cannot wait for the tour and a new album would make my whole year

[Daniel Crosby @danielcrosby]

Crazy that the best rock band of the last thirty years has an objectively stupid name.

[Daniel Crosby @danielcrosby]

@EricBalchunas So much better than OAF and while I love TH, the name is still lame I’m afraid.

[OddStats @OddStats]

The US has been having fewer and fewer recessions over time.

This shows the percentage of time spent in a recession during the first 40 years of your life, based on birth month; from 1900 thru 1986 (a 40 year old right now).