Amol Desai

Wall Street brain. Main Street heart.
Investor and operator.
Cash flow over ego.
Long game always.

[Amol Desai @LatticeworkInv]

2024 is my nineteenth year as a professional investor.

Boy does time fly!

To celebrate here are 19 lessons I wish I had known when I started:

[Amol Desai @LatticeworkInv]

There’s a Tom Brady play nobody talks about.

But it sparked the greatest comeback in Super Bowl history.

Not because it was pretty.

But because it was courageous.

Everyone expected a pass.

Instead, he ran — the slowest guy on the field — and got the first down.

That tiny moment flipped the energy.

Most big wins start with something small:
A tough decision.
A quiet act of courage.
A step outside your comfort zone.

The small things unlock the big things.

[The Factor Report @PeterLBrandt]

As a career chartist who has made my living trading into my sixth decade trading, here are the things I disregard:
-Complex narratives (if interest rates do X, then stocks should do Y and metals should do Z). I find creating cross asset narratives to be a complete waste of my time
-Indicators. These are derivatives of price. Why study a derivative of price when I can study price directly?
-Seeking perfection
-Thinking that economists know anything useful
-Day trading
-Pyramiding
-Believing that CNBC or Bloomberg or any You Tuber have anything to offer me
-Government reports. They simply create volatility, not meaningful direction
-Day to day volume. I only pay attention to massive spikes in volume, which are either ENDING or BEGINNING volume
-Trendlines
-Symmetrical triangles (except every so often)
-The idea that charts predict the future
-The idea that charts provide a meaningful edge
-Win rate as an important metric
-ROR as an important metric

[Amol Desai @LatticeworkInv]

Goals don’t create progress, Systems do.

I used to think that bigger goals were the answer.
Now I know better.

The best in any field don’t obsess over goals —
They obsess over the systems that make success repeatable.

Daily prioritization.
Weekly progress checks.
Monthly accountability rhythms.

These systems compound faster than motivation ever will.

“You don’t rise to the level of your goals.
You fall to the level of your systems.”
— James Clear

[Amol Desai @LatticeworkInv]

We all wake up with the same 86,400 seconds every day.

No matter our background. No matter our circumstances.

What separates the best from the rest has a lot less to do with talent or luck.

Winners win because they decide and execute—every single day.

[Amol Desai @LatticeworkInv]

The best offers? They often go unheard.

Because the owners behind them don’t want to be pushy salespeople.

The worst offers? They’re everywhere.

Because the people behind them don’t care who they hurt.

If you’re an ethical business owner, remember:

Sales isn’t manipulation.

Sales is a vehicle to serve your customers.

[Amol Desai @LatticeworkInv]

Tesla - another monster breakout!

$TSLA

[Amol Desai @LatticeworkInv]

Three things that cannot be bought but can only be earned:

1.A strong body

2. A quiet mind

3. The respect of our peers

[Amol Desai @LatticeworkInv]

@TheJacobTurner Great post, Jacob

[Amol Desai @LatticeworkInv]

This week marks Kobe’s anniversary.

I keep The Mamba Mentality on my desk as a reminder - no excuses, no shortcuts.

Kobe may be gone, but the Mamba lives on—in business, in parenting, in life—the standard is excellence, the mindset is relentless.

#MambaLivesOn

[Amol Desai @LatticeworkInv]

Great leaders speak last—because they listen first.

[Amol Desai @LatticeworkInv]

We all dream about the open road—the freedom to go anywhere, do anything, choose every direction.

But I’ve realized that sometimes what we really need is a tunnel: fewer choices, less noise, and a path that helps us move forward with focus.

Freedom is exciting, but focus is what changes our lives.

[Not Jerome Powell @alifarhat79]

🎯

[Amol Desai @LatticeworkInv]

@jsmian Great interview, Jawad.

[Amol Desai @LatticeworkInv]

@WilsonCompanies It's a different model. It is a non-recurring customer.

[Amol Desai @LatticeworkInv]

Where does confidence come from?

We don't wait for it.

Confidence isn't found. It is forged.

A mistake is waiting for the perfect situation. Maybe you can relate to it.

We build it by doing hard things. Being scared but following through anyway. Taking action. Keeping promises to ourselves.

Every action we take is a vote for the Confident version of us.

Confidence comes after courageous reps.

[Amol Desai @LatticeworkInv]

@thehvacjack Great goal to pursue!

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

😂

[Amol Desai @LatticeworkInv]

@drgurner I love #3

[Steve Hou @stevehou]

FWIW I think FSD has more or less solved autonomous driving in a practical sense. I am now able to start in my garage let the car back out of the garage, and then do a three point turn to back out of our cul-de-sac and proceed to drive itself to almost any destination in NYC or Westchester without any intervention 95 or maybe 99% of the time. I think we are extremely close to the technology being ready for robotaxi of regulation allows. I honestly didn’t expect us to get here so quickly even just a few months ago. The progress has been nothing less than impressive. Future is here.