Deep cut recommendations for business book nerds:
Founder - about Meyer Amschel Rothschild and the inception of the Rothschild banking dynasty: from being a rare coin dealer into Fx into war finance. At the time Jews were still legally restricted in landholding, and municipal citizenship, so lending, brokerage, and financial intermediation was one of the comparatively open and recognized roles for “court Jews” and Rothschild leveraged this.
John D - h/t @FoundersPodcast episode tipped me off to this. Despite being 1/2 or less as long as Titan by Chernow, it is far more detailed in how he actually engineered the beginning of Standard Oil, executing the “Cleveland Massacre” strategy (negotiating secret, discriminatory rebates with railroads, giving Standard Oil lower shipping costs than competitors, which let him undercut their prices and make their books bleed. Then approaching rivals with an ultimatum: sell to Standard Oil for cash and/or Standard stock and a role in the combined enterprise, or face a price war they'd lose, and then how he scaled this monopoly to unprecedented heights... eventually abstracting himself away from day-to-day management. It is a blueprint everyone with big ambition should read.
The Invisible Billionaire Daniel Ludwig - another @FoundersPodcast find. A detailed account of how he quietly built, diversified, and then largely disappeared behind a vast, globally distributed fortune. Unlike Rockefeller, who was highly concentrated in Oil and subsidiary industries, Ludwig's empire spanned shipping, real estate, finance, and a gigantic (and controversial) Amazon project. Learn lessons about leveraging frugality and why he obsessively avoided public attention ("bad boys move in silence".)
Dead Companies Walking - a supplemental read from a class I did at Wharton on Distressed Asset Investing. Hedge Fund manager PoV on how to spot “dead companies walking” long before the financials fully break, by focusing on qualitative red flags and recurring management mistakes, and then profit from shorting them. Insightful for traders (obviously), but also managers on how qualitative impacts eventually manifest in numbers via his six “deadly business sins." IMO, startups are just repositioning projects without the money, so you can reverse engineer how to build a company from these insights as well.
The Chief (William Randolph Hearst) - another overlooked business biography of a complicated man. Starting with the takeover of a single paper he built a vertically and horizontally integrated media conglomerate: 28 newspapers, magazines, a film studio, and radio stations into one of the most influential companies on earth. We are still suffering to some degree from the concentration of influence he pioneered.
Cargill: Trading the Worlds Grain - CRIMINALLY understudied, I really hope someone writes a Titan like narrative book about this family. This book is a bit academic/ lengthy, but its a case study in how a private, family‑run logistics and trading network can come to touch roughly a quarter of global grain trade and a significant share of broader food and feed commodities without public markets ever seeing its cap table. The author tells the story through a lot of internal correspondence and company archives; impressive because they are so tightly held, and like Ludwig secrecy-obsessed. But their global network has diversified (like his) to include elevators, ports, shipping, and trading desks, integrating into steel, meat, financial services, etc
Again, CRIMINALLY understudied - Cargill’s global revenue is ~160–177B with a B USD annually, with ~150,000 employees in more than 70 countries. They are thought to control about 1/4 of the entire world's grain trade on its own while building “invisible infra layer” many commodities/ competitors have come to use (like Rockefeller).
Notes from the Viking Billionaire:
1. Everyone talks about being happy, but what’s the point? Happiness can never buy you money.
2. If you’re poor, you’re seen as an idiot. When you have enough money and power, you’re eccentric.
3. He was the pioneer in introducing American‑style aggressive capitalism to Norway, boldly utilizing shareholder power to achieve his objectives.
4. He learned that it is not the size of the opportunity that defines the outcome, but rather the people who are with you pursuing the opportunity.
5. His strength lies in generating numerous strategic ideas, but he requires someone to help discern which ideas are viable and which are not
P.S: A lot of people whose health issues occurred during their developmental years have been traumatised through their illness and this is very neglected.
Reading these in my opinion, is a good start if this is the first time you’re reading about this.
Yeah sorry but you shitting blood for example during the years that we’re supposed to learn how to socialise etc was not ideal, even if you brush it off now.
You were a kid who was literally in constant discomfort and whose development in certain fields got put on hold.
The good news, though are that you’ll become a better person after addressing this impact to a basic degree.
All my OGs will remember what I posted over and over and over again so nobody missed out on the opportunity…
Fabulous Four: XRP XLM XDC HBAR
X-Money: XRP XLM HBAR DOGE
Now we see the satellite transactions. Delayed not Denied 💪
Brainwash yourself
Here's what you do...
Get yourself into the highest of high energy states. (For me it's T3, caffeine, TTFD, 100g sugar carbs, coconut oil + some added fat like butter.) whatever it takes to really get yourself going.
Then, write down some positive affirmations about the direction you want your life to go. "I have unlimited energy. I was born to achieve great things. Good things just happen to me" - stuff like that.
Record yourself saying them outloud. Believe it - it shouldn't be that hard if you're in the right state of mind. You have to believe it as your saying it / recording.
It's very important that you're in a high energy state when you make the recording.
Then, later when you're feeling down or defeated or struggling, listen to your recording.
Your recording is like a tuning fork and will align your energy with your high energy state - the state at which your affirmations are believable.
Listen before bed, when you first wake up, and anytime you're feeling low.
The more frequently you return to your high energy state, the easier it is to stay in that state for longer periods. Let your body and mind get used to it.
Eventually, it becomes your natural state.
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These utility-focused digital assets have already spent years under regulatory pressure.✅
They have been tested more than most of the market.☝️
With a pro-crypto administration in the United States, regulatory scrutiny on XRP, XLM, and HBAR is likely to decrease. 💯
That creates a more favorable environment for adoption, investment, and capital inflows.📈
This is why these assets are likely to outperform in the future as blockchain adoption continues.🎯
Documented.📝👇
Light Language
This example of the Mayan language is somewhat similar to the 'light language' spoken by Pleiadians and other races of Galactic Federation.
They use telepathy and can speak in any language needed but also use a shared spoken language together.
It was the first language taught to upgraded humans on Earth and traces can still be found in some cultures today.
When the dark forces arrived, they disrupted the universal human language to create separation and promote conflict and war.
This is the 'speaking in tongues' described in scripture and is a form of channeling still practiced in Christian Pentecostal churches today.
Pleiadians have previously shared many examples of words and phrases used in light language:
Light, Creator Of All = ELAKO
Galactic Federation = GESAK EKAFAS
Angel = FACEE
Archangel = VAFACEE
Mother-Father Creator / I AM = EE-AH
Elohim = EAKESAM
Pleiades and Pleiadians = LASHAE
Taygeta = AMEKA
Merope = MOEKAH
Alcyone = SHAMEKIH
Electra = EKAMISHEE
Pleione = PASHITOH
Celaeno = SILOMEEH
Maia = MEISHO
Asterope = AHMOKOLI
Atlas = ASHIH
3D Earth = NECHEN
Pleiadian nickname for Earth = KISHAPOLEE
5D Earth = SHEEN
Humans = KASIE
I Love You So = EN EEKE MAI EA
Thank You = KIE MAI
Friend = KASEP
Be Healed Now = KEE AH SHA
Family = TIKEE
The Great Awakening = AH BOWAKAWA POSEI
May Love Be Known To All Creation = PATAYONASAH
All Sacred Life = LAMASOSE
Blessings Of Light = SHADA VA WAOLA
I Greet You In Love = EN SHEAI MAI GH EEKE
The Best Is Yet To Come = ELIK BOKIN AIE ATAH UT ASAE
Beautiful One = CEC IH
Indeed = BASCO
Infinity = ANOKAYI
Truth = POKAS
Power = CHENAK
Grateful = ZONKA
Spirit = TOA
Spirit Joy = TOA TODEE
Unity = KUK
Communication = CHA
Absolute = WANTAS
Flowers = BEC
Horse = LE
Cat = MA
Dog = SH
Rabbit = AAH
Dragon = LEATOK
Craft = MESHEI
Man = LO
Woman = LOK
Boy = CA
Girl = LOA
Brother = EOK
Sister = KOM
Grass = AMAS
Soft = SHES
Visitors = MOKALEES
Food = NCOO
Fruit = RUS
Vegetables = SOK
Side-note:
I am black kid who came from a lower-middle class split home who used to think being a celeb, athlete, or entertainer was the only way someone like me could get "rich".
Around 18 I bought a few books on finance and my mindset changed.
I have a lot, but here's a few that got me my headspace in the right direction: