Mark Brooks

Wealth Advisor @ Convergence Wealth. Prior work in PE, SMB, F500. I think & write about management, strategy, & culture. See pinned tweet for a list of threads.

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1/ Compilation of threads on management, operations, culture, and strategy. Would love your ideas for future topics!

100 ideas on managing people:
https://t.co/FMIR9DTSUa

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1/ My first @threadapalooza. I've been managing people for 18+ yrs and tweeting about it for 10. Here's 100 tweets on what I've learned and try to implement in my work @PermanentEquity :

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The market is the one thing people hate to buy on sale

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@JayhawkTalk The mind abhors a vacuum. In the absence of information, we create stories that fill those gaps, and they generally are protective of ourselves over others (meaning they tend to be uncharitable).

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illustrated: https://t.co/tjojgW2b2x

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4/ The intersection of your intellect and ego dramatically impact the way you communicate.

High ego prioritizes image.
Low ego prioritizes clarity.

Choose the simplest words possible to convey your idea.

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Simple explanations for complex ideas are a sign of intelligence and care. You understand and want that for others.

Complex explanations for any idea are either a sign of intelligence or of self-preservation, but do not demonstrate care.

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Tonto probably called his oncologist Chemosabe.

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"I don't make the rules." - someone who is making the rules

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@JayhawkTalk Not a popular thing to say, but with $18M left on his contract you could argue it’s financial malfeasance to *not* try to fire him for cause

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@jeremylosborne

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@KUHoops @Gatorade https://t.co/EKACZEGEHt

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@AintNoSeatsPod

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@btmetzger @AintNoSeatsPod Bro I did this by hand

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@AintNoSeatsPod @FBidunga

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@AintNoSeatsPod

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@mwmoedinger The Tub Hub ™️

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@adatta02 @MerriamWebster can't believe they stole my joke

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"Daddy, when did @MerriamWebster start using drone strikes?"

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Me: I’m going to watch the game

My 10-yr-old: I’m going to make cupcakes.

One of these came true.

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@TR401 Hot take: the greatest alpha advisers provide is convincing someone to do something with their money in the moment they least want to do it. The answer is math. The action is psychology.

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