Uhhh… your memory is failing, my friend. And this was sent after the dinner, not before. Have the receipts. I don’t begrudge you in any way, but let’s be truthful.
“The only thing an old man can tell a young man is that it goes fast, real fast, and if you’re not careful it’s too late. Of course, the young man will never understand this truth.”
— Norm Macdonald
"Men who prioritize fatherhood may lose some sleep, gain some extra weight & enjoy less free time, but they can also discover a richer life with greater meaning, purpose & connection. And when it comes to brain health and mental fitness, becoming a father is one of the best things you can do." https://t.co/ddL9y5Ncci
The best diligence question is usually not "how big can this get?"
It is "what has to be painfully true for this tiny wedge to keep expanding?"
That question exposes the actual company.
There is a tide in the affairs of men. Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune... On such a full sea are we now afloat, And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures.
Everybody gets maybe 3 such tides in their life. The current tide is AI.
A 24-year-old Polish tennis player arrived in Paris last week ranked 114th in the world, with no sponsors, no guaranteed income, and no certainty she could even pay for her hotel room.
She had to win three qualifying matches just to enter the French Open main draw. Prize money is only paid at the end of the tournament, so a Polish sports drink brand quietly stepped in and covered her hotel bill.
Her name is Maja Chwalinska. And today, she plays in the French Open final.
Before this tournament, she had won exactly one Grand Slam main draw match in her entire career. She had battled depression so severe that in 2021 she couldn't get out of bed. She underwent knee surgery in 2022. She spent years grinding through small tournaments across Europe just to stay afloat.
Then she arrived in Paris, won three qualifiers, and kept winning. Zheng Qinwen. Elise Mertens. Maria Sakkari. Diana Shnaider. Nine straight matches. One set dropped.
She is now the first qualifier in French Open history to reach the final. The last time a qualifier reached a Grand Slam final, it was Emma Raducanu at the 2021 US Open. Raducanu won.
By simply making the final, Chwalinska has earned more prize money than her entire career combined. The runner-up cheque alone is $1.6 million. If she wins today, she takes home $3.25 million.
One week ago she couldn't pay for her hotel room.
the most elite realms is when you grow and scale so that even the bonds of your love, friendship and network have largely broken the space-time constraint of your physical human body—heavenly!🤩
life does not give one single shit about your abilities, wisdom, wealth or pedigree: outcomes in life are a path-dependent function of possibility. probability and optionality.
BUT with God, possibility gets subtracted from the equation—BECAUSE NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE with Him!
there is a relational database management system (rdbms) in heaven for storing & retrieving prayers offered on earth: my heavenly father groks sql statements and his “where clauses” of mercy, favour and blessings are shouting🗣️ my name!🤩
—rev 5:8 + malachite 3:16 + acts 10:4