#books
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Baby steps
Baby steps It’s all about baby steps I still remember these words from my grade 8-9 basketball coach 1% better every day Whether that be personal life, academics, career, health, or basketball 1% better every day Don’t worry about being a millionaire overnight Celebrities aren’t made by one movie (they usually did several crappy movies… Continue reading
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Different circumstances
Today I went to Milton Herschel School and man this school is the coolest thing I’ve ever seen It must be over 4 times as big as Vilanova’s 250 acre campus Children lived in mansions which houses up to 14 kids The school where they took classes looked more like a tiny college And there… Continue reading
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finite desires
The first thing we learn in any introductory economics class is the definition of economics, which is widely accepted to be how we, as rational humans, with infinite desires, should act in a world with finitely scarce resources. There are two important notes here: Humans are rational We have infinite desires Both of these concepts, when looked at… Continue reading
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Live to trade another day
Often when I’m day trading stocks and I profit for the day, I want to keep going. I want to use the positive momentum. But what I’ve learned is that often in those instances I start trading with emotion and I end up losing partially the gains I made earlier in the day. Even with… Continue reading
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Book for 2019: The Headspace Guide to Meditation and Mindfulness
I was inspired by my high school teacher to share the books I’ve been reading and plan to read for 2019 here on my blog. Last year I finished 50 books, and although I did discuss a few of them, I think it would be good for me to reflect on each book I finish.… Continue reading
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Ideas for sale! $20 each.
Ever feel like you aren’t creative enough? What if you could purchase ideas? How much would you pay for just ONE new idea? What if I told you that new ideas only cost $20 each. They are called books… Revolutionary, right? If you don’t have creative ideas yourself, there’s no excuse. Buy them for $20 each. And… Continue reading
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[Book Review] Freakonomics
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[Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explains the Hidden Side to Everything] – by Stephen J. Dubner and Steven Levitt was a great book. It was different. And I liked it. Freakonomics makes you look at the world in a different way. The book explores the real reasons for the 1990s crime drop, information asymmetry, real estate agents,… Continue reading
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[Book Review] Originals – Adam Grant
I am a big believer of self-learning through books. An autodidact. Elon Musk-esque, if you will. But there is an important factor that I’ve noticed to understanding the contents of a rich book: writing about it. It’s not enough to just blow through books; you have to truly grasp the content, and writing about it… Continue reading
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[Book Review] How to Be Original
I finished reading Originals, – by Adam Grant. Adam Grant, who is rated the best professor at UPenn Wharton’s Business school, is an organizational psychologist who has written several #1 NYT books. In Originals, he discusses how Non-conformists (procrastinators, slow people, and other different personality traits) succeed in life with their increased creativity This is my book review… Continue reading
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