How cash in bank affects lifestyle
Great chart by @asmartbear that shows how cash in the bank affects your lifestyle.
$1,000 = “I can’t lose my job.”
$100,000 = “I can own my house.”
$2,000,000+ = …
Category: Advice
These are Swipes that throw off some good advice or wisdom.
AirBnB revenue went up after painting house black
This guys AirBnB revenue went up after painting his rental house black.
This was in Mt Hood, Oregon. Original post is here:
The Pareto Principle in action
The Pareto Principle states 20% of activity will account for 80 percent of results.
You can see it demonstrated here on certain consumer products.
Things like detergent, chocolate, and toilet …
Industries die and become niche
When an industry dies, it doesn’t just disappear into oblivion right away. It slowly shrinks, then shrivels, then consolidates, then becomes a small niche. Think:
- Gas lanterns.
- Vinyl records.
- Horse
Speak French, Visit France. Speak English, Visit the World.
What a cool advertisement displaying the value of learning English:…
Show, Don’t Tell. But with Sugar.
This is the simplest and most effective demonstration of sugar content I’ve ever seen.
Seeing a Coca-Cola label say “39g of sugar” doesn’t have the same bite as SEEING this …
The top book I’ve ever recommended
The book I’ve recommended to people that’s had a 100% hit rate with everyone I’ve recommended it to is Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. It’s a hard-science novel (it’s …
How the name “Hampton” came about
How @thesamparr picked the name “Hampton” for his private club of entrepreneurs.…
FAT-FIRE
There’s an amazing subreddit called /r/fatFIRE which is full of people trying to be F.I.R.E. (Financially Independent Retire Early)
“FAT”-FIRE means they want to retire, but in luxury style.
So …
ChatGPT voice feature
Wow…the ChatGPT voice feature is incredible.
In the shower I can say, “I’m preparing for a podcast interview, give me some tips.”
Or on a walk with AirPods I can …
Best party crashing advice
In college I’d crash parties to network with people way above me. The ultimate way I found to crash any high end party was to bring:
– Flask with wine…
CEO of NetFlix naming strategy
The CEO of NetFlix Marc Randolph recently shared how they picked the name “NetFlix” from a list of names based on if the domain was available.
They actually didn’t like …
6 “relationship filters” for finding a partner
Was listening to @heydannymiranda podcast and the guest @justinkan listed out 6 “relationship filters” for finding a partner I’ve never heard.
Thought this was cool! Taken from my Apple Notes …
Apple’s employee onboarding message
A message Apple would send to all of it’s new employees to encourage them to be a little crazy and obsessive over the products they create.…
Email list cleaning
Having done this many times across many email lists, I can tell you it’s healthy for the email list in the long run, but a massive hit to the ego …
Most regretted college majors chart
This shows the college majors people most regret getting, usually due to a lack of opportunity the major gets vs the amount of effort/cost to acquire it.
Do you regret …