Information That Would Get Your Attention
1. The history that was never written down and the thoughts that were never spoken.
2. Meeting all the versions of yourself that you could have become.
3. How much time you have left.
https://t.co/zUB7qbakur
What Makes You Happy
Some thoughts on contrast, expectations, and happiness.
Instead of chasing happiness, which is fleeting, people should be after contentment, which is similar but more enduring.
https://t.co/antTeg35e5
@Keylargolucy $NFLX. More money was likely made by Motley Fool members in aggregate today than any other day in our history. And it's because repeatedly over the past 17 years @TomGardnerFool & I recommended they buy it… and we taught them to *hold*.
Plus @TMFGebinr's incredible research!
New long piece:
In aggregate, consumers are in the best financial shape the've been in, probably ever.
But that sounds crazy because Covid has dumped kerosene on inequality.
https://t.co/qJfkPaksu9
A huge volcano erupted in 1815 and pushed us to figure out how to feed the world more efficiently.
No one made that connection at the time, but that's what happens in crazy years.
We Have No Idea What Happens Next
https://t.co/zBwewglNoM
90% of U.S. JOBS come from - the private sector.
95% of US government CASH comes from income tax, payroll tax & corporate tax - the private sector.
100% of legitimate WEALTH creation comes from - the private sector.
So...why are saying we want to be socialist? 🧐
Things I Wish They Taught In College
by @morganhousel
Negotiating: Taught by a repentant used-car salesman
How to ruin your life: Debt, diet, and exercise.
Brevity: Every other word in homework is deleted.
And 12 other gems:
https://t.co/ZE1y0bNQ97
A long post about risk that I've been meaning to write for a while.
It's a personal story, something I haven't talked much about in 20 years.
The Three Sides of Risk
https://t.co/PihnyUJQua
Thank you health care workers.
Thank you grocery store workers.
Thank you delivery workers.
Thank you farmers.
Thank you scientists.
You're holding up the world.
New piece on how World War II is probably the best guide to what happens next -- not combat or geopolitics, but the way the war unified everyone toward a common cause.
Common Enemies
https://t.co/sipuZcVoop