January 2018

The Rabbit Hole by Blas Moros        Jump In.    My monthly newsletter covers the books I have read over the course of the month, the challenges I undertook as well as some other interesting articles, blog posts, interviews, tools, hacks, etc.    Books Finite and Infinite Games by James P. Carse Kiewit: An Uncommon Company by Jeffrey Rodengen The Lives of Artists by Giorgio Vasari Against Method by Paul Feyerabend Foundation by Isaac Asimov Am I Being Too Subtle? by Sam Zell Full list of books read in 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 Any book, which is at all important, should be immediately re-read   Teacher's Reference Guides  None this month Monthly Challenges Daily tweet - hardly did anything on Twitter before but it was fun to try to come up with a quick daily blurb that wasn't totally worthless No caffeine - I usually only drink 1-2 cups per day but this was surprisingly easy after the first 2 days. Definitely slept better but miss coffee and will go back to 1-2 per day Other Why Envy Dominates Greed - argues that several key economic assumptions are wrong and that envy can explain most of what greed can, plus more The Disciplined Pursuit of Less - great article on the importance of clarity and saying no Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation? - a sombering look at the effects that social media and smartphones have had on the post-millennial generation The Finding Mastery Podcast may be my favorite of all - check out Jewel (singer-songwriter), Varun Soni (Dean of Religious Life at USC), Ray Conner (Boeing Vice-Chairman)  Knowing History and Knowing Yourself - great article by David McCullough on the importance of knowing history A lot to be learned from multi-disciplinary war strategist, John Boyd. His focus on velocity, rapid adaptation, red queen effect, touching the medium and more are useful for anybody to adapt and employ Ron Shaich, founder of Au Bon Pain and Panera, shares a lot of great points about business, life, leaadership. Beyond the Bitcoin Bubble - excellently written and easy to absorb article on the true power of blockchain A Dozen Things I've Learned From Mike Maples Sr. - some great management and business lessons from Mike Maples Sr., an early and important influence on Microsoft Morgan Housel on What Other Industries Teach Us About Investing. A lot of good takeaways. Take a simple idea and take it seriously.  Two Biggest Lessons Learned by Josh Tarasoff. Huge fan and a lot of what he touches on resonate a lot for me Kobe Bryant's Dear Basketball Some great blog posts by Sam Altman of Y-Combinator - Growth and Government, Startup Advice, Rickover, Premature Optimization, The Days Are Long but the Decades are Short I drop everything when Dan Carlin releases a new podcast. His newest, Painfotainment, is gory but, as always, Carlin weaves it together into an incredible story    Amor Fati Blas   "Learn to love what you have been taught to fear." - Felix Baumgartner     To unsubscribe click here, to edit your profile click here.