We do not 'come into' this world; we come out of it, as leaves from a tree. As the ocean 'waves,' the universe 'peoples.' Every individual is an expression of the whole realm of nature, a unique action of the total universe.
The higher you go, the narrower the circle. As you go ahead the field of choice becomes more meager, in terms of self-entertainment. In the end, working is good because it is the last refuge of the man who wants to be amused.
"The life of the creative man is led, directed and controlled by boredom. Avoiding boredom is one of our most important purposes. It is also one of the most difficult, because the amusement always has to be newer and on a higher level. So we are on a kind of spiral.
#2 Verstappen at 3-2 sprouts wings under jockey @decky_cann and hangs on to win the co-feature race tonight @TurfwayPark traveling the classic distance for trainer @brenpwalsh.
“A candle is fragile - it can be blown out by the wind. But a fire, when exposed to wind, grows stronger. Similarly, humans need stressors and challenges to build resilience. Shielding people from all adversity makes them weaker, not stronger”
If you’re going to subsidize please subsidize supply instead of demand. Your 25,000 assistance would just increase the amount of dollars chasing the same supply.
Marc Rich: “I’m driven by what drives most people: ambition. Mankind has developed through ambitions.
Some wanted to climb higher, some wanted to run faster, some wanted to fly, others to dive.
I wanted to succeed in business.”
Facebook going from a college dorm room to a trillion dollar market cap in less than 20 years is one of the most impressive business accomplishments in human history.
Just pause and think about it for a second.
I don’t care what anyone says about Facebook or Instagram or Zuck himself. 20 years ago, this was just an idea in the mind of an awkward, overcaffeinated Harvard undergraduate. A kid with a chunky CRT monitor on his desk and a dad who worked as a dentist. Someone who had far spent more time studying for SAT analogies than reading up on corporate conquest.
Now it’s worth $1.2 trillion.
That’s three times the market cap of Exxon Mobil, a global behemoth that produces more than 4% of the world’s oil and gas.
It’s more than every American auto manufacturer AND steel company combined.
And it’s been around just two decades.
That type of growth is nothing less than a business miracle. As is the system that facilitates the conversion of human innovation into such unfathomable levels of economic value creation.
I don’t know if we’ll ever witness anything like this again. But I’m grateful for—and bullish on—anyone who tries.
I love how @sama thinks of career trajectory as you would compound interest
it doesn’t apply to just investing, but everything you do in life
the small gains compound to a completely different trajectory long term