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America’s Superpower

“Our political leaders will know our priorities only if we tell them, again and again, and if those priorities begin…

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A Message From the Past (Thoughts on Nostalgia)

After college, my wife (who was then my girlfriend) and I got an apartment in the Seattle suburbs.

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Do It Your Way

The ultimate success metric is whether you get what you want out of life.

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Take Something Away

Ryan McFarland came from a long line of motorsports junkies given that his grandfather had been a race car engineer…

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Podcast With Howard Marks

I recently sat down with legendary investor Howard Marks, co-founder of Oaktree Capital Management.

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Cumulative vs. Cyclical Knowledge

President James Garfield died because the best doctors in the country didn’t believe in germs, probing Garfield’s bullet wound after…

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A Number From Today and A Story About Tomorrow

Every forecast takes a number from today and multiplies it by a story about tomorrow.

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A Few Little Ideas And Short Stories

I once asked a successful author how to market a book.

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Fill The Bathtub

Despite being awash in information, it seems harder than ever to uncover the truth.

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Makes You Think

A few lines I came across recently that got me thinking…

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Quiet Compounding

“Nature is not in a hurry, yet everything is accomplished,” said Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu.

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Useful and Overlooked Skills

On his way to be sworn in as the most powerful man in the world, Franklin Delano Roosevelt had to…

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My Month Without a Smartphone

On a rainy morning earlier this spring, I pulled my car out of our driveway to take my seven-year-old son…

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Lazy Work, Good Work

John D. Rockefeller was the most successful businessman of all time.

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How I Think About Debt

Japan has 140 businesses that are at least 500 years old.

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