Leading by Reading

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My book review on More Than You Know by Michael J Mauboussin is up on my website: https://t.co/NBRTWSnImS! A must read for investors!

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🚨 98% OF PEOPLE WILL LOSE EVERYTHING IN 2026!!

Global market collapse is coming, and what's happening right now is truly shocking.

Most people are blind to this - and they’ll regret ignoring it when it’s too late.

The recent attack on Venezuela has nothing to do with Maduro or their oil reserves - it's all about China.

Let me explain how this actually works.

Venezuela holds the largest proven crude oil reserves on Earth - roughly 303 billion barrels.

China is Venezuela’s primary customer, buying 80–85% of its total crude exports.

Cut Venezuela off and you choke China’s cheapest energy supply.

That oil isn’t just fuel - it’s leverage.

After yesterday’s events, U.S. influence over Venezuelan oil assets will increase, directly hurting China’s access to discounted energy.

But this didn’t start now.

The U.S. has been systematically working to cut off cheap oil flows to China across multiple regions.

In 2025, Washington escalated pressure on Iran, and surprise, surprise - China is Iran’s largest oil buyer too.

Same playbook. Different country.

This isn’t about “stealing oil”, it’s about denial.
Deny China:
→ Cheap energy
→ Reliable suppliers
→ Strategic footholds in the Western Hemisphere

According to opposition sources, Maduro’s exit wasn’t a sudden collapse - it was negotiated.
And what's even more interesting?
The attack happened exactly as Chinese officials arrived in Venezuela for talks.

That timing isn’t accidental.
It’s a signal.

Now all eyes are on China’s response.

Starting January 2026, China has already imposed restrictions on silver exports, a critical industrial input.

That means the next phase could be resource-for-resource bargaining.

Venezuelan oil may become a negotiation chip.
And what if talks fail - and China retaliates?

We could see a repeat of Q1 2025, when global markets learned how fast economic pressure can turn into geopolitical escalation.

It’ll play out just like before:

Oil: Supply risk → prices spike → inflation rebounds
Stocks: Emerging markets crack first → global
equities follow
Dollar: Short-term surge → EM currencies crushed
Bitcoin and Crypto: Liquidity flush first → long-term hedge later

This is not a normal cycle or a regime change.
This is great-power competition moving into the energy battlefield.

For most people, it’ll already be too late when it becomes obvious.

Position accordingly to survive 2026.

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Mind Series 3/7 | I Am the Master of My Fate, the Captain of My Soul https://t.co/TJjHUdqlk2

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The Real Story Of The Repo Market Meltdown, And What It Means For Bitcoin https://t.co/7j9Hne2ywY

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Mind and Beyond Mind [Closing/9] - Principles and The Power of Now: Implications for Our Self Development

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Mind and Beyond Mind [8/9] - Principles, The Power of Now (Eckhart Tolle 1999) and The Way of Peace (James Allen 1901): What Is Truth? What Is Real Power?

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Mind and Beyond Mind [7/9] - Principles and The Power of Now: Who Do We Become After All? - A Fully Conscious Person

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Mind and Beyond Mind [6/9] - Principles and The Power of Now: The Relationship Between Inner Stillness and Creativity

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Mind and Beyond Mind [5/9] - Principles and The Power of Now: On Emotion

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Mind and Beyond Mind [4/9] - Principles and The Power of Now: On Fear

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Mind and Beyond Mind [3/9] - Principles and The Power of Now: Mind-Identified Egoic State of Consciousness versus Pure Consciousness

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Mind and Beyond Mind [2/9] - Principles and The Power of Now: On Higher Perspective https://t.co/FnK3wTK9dT

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Mind and Beyond Mind [1/9] - A Brief Introduction of The Power of Now (Eckhart Tolle 1999): You Are Not Your Mind

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Mind and Beyond Mind Series [Intro/9] - A Rare Book Review of Ray Dalio's Principles Illuminated in the Spiritual Context (in Reference to The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle)

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Things happen, but until you interpret them they're neither good nor bad.

It's our opinions and judgments that make them good or bad.

These judgments are based on what we've been conditioned to believe. They're not based on reality.

We can choose to look at things differently.

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Interests are what you do when no one’s pushing.

Values are what you do when no one’s watching.

Strengths are what you do that no one’s emulating.

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Interests are what you do when no one’s pushing.

Values are what you do when no one’s watching.

Strengths are what you do that no one’s emulating.

#WednesdayWisdom

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"You can still make your point clearly and firmly, but there will be no reactive force behind it, no defense or attack." - Eckhart Tolle

In this new article [7], I discuss a bit further on Dalio's notion of 'Being Radically Open-Minded.' Jay

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Mind and Beyond Mind [7/9] – Principles and The Power of Now: Who Do We Become After All? – A Fully Conscious Person

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