In 2002, a single u-turn changed my life, and in the ensuing years, life went from struggling as a musician to founding numerous companies, and advising & investing in many more along the way.
Just found the piece on Reading and Rabbit Holes by Tyler Cowan (hat tip: Farnam Street - one of the best resources on learning, wisdom, mental models and more). The money quote for me from the piece: Follow the questions, not the books per se. Don’t focus on which books …
I've long enjoyed stories of my family's past. I have extremely fond memories of sitting around the kitchen table of my maternal grandparents' Arizona home, and listening to my grandfather tell stories of the war, of his business attempts, of his and my grandmother's travels. …
“Writing organizes and clarifies our thoughts. Writing is how we think our way into a subject and make it our own. Writing enables us to find out what we know—and what we don’t know—about whatever we’re trying to learn.” ― William Knowlton Zinsser “If the book is true, it …
