#Success

The Brexit negotiations have been such a disaster because Britain never had a serious debate about what it most wanted to achieve. Instead, ministers spent years pretending no trade-offs were
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The more I read it the more I am perplexed by the Brexit deal. It is an OK deal for trade in goods. Except for a mountain of very expensive
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Imagine being wealthy and privileged enough to think that if a dollar isn’t being used to generate a return, it must be “theft”. Now imagine if everyone actually took this
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Re: Breaking in at Marvel/DC as a writer.This comes up a few times a year, but always good to reiterate-If you don’t have a body of work + an editor
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https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/docs/default-source/improving-care/better-mh-policy/college-reports/college-report-cr228.pdf?sfvrsn=c64e10e3_2 New report out from the Royal College of Psychiatrists, about autism. Quick highlights:"It is reco
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That is a great question. And it depends on why - and how - you teach cases. Little thread.https://twitter.com/pontific8/status/1335090269755232256 If you teach cases as exemplars of virtue, beauty, and success,
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Quick thread on Ollie's Bargain Outlet (NAS: OLLI). OLLI's is a US discount retailer that sells buyout goods (similar to Big Lots / Ross) with a footprint of around 400
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I have been thinking about all of these "good guys" and their apologies, Cole and Sykes and the rest.And I'm not impressed. I think it's all part of the performance
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How Arsenal can win against Man City at the Etihad.A thread: Tomorrow Arsenal travel to the Etihad to face Manchester City, one of the hardest fixtures of the season. For
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I'm so tired of explaining this to people who just don't get it, like this chick. But here it goes anyway.Can a black person do well in a challenging situation/job/task
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People hardly know their own strengths until they’re tested. This new kid walked into the gym and wanted some rds.He told me after I was “way too fast for him”I
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Most people living in African countries do not have formal rights to their land or property. This can make evictions more likely and lock people out of markets. Over the
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Some thoughts on luck vs skill in manager selection:If we think about investment returns as a bell shaped distribution centered on an given index (since alpha is zero sum), then
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How many $100M+ startups are just waiting to be founded?Cameo, the celebrity selfie service, just announced a monster $100M+ GMV for 2020. It’s an impressive number, but it makes you
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Short Thread on Starting a Business:Ok. I've done it a few times. I've failed more than once.My most recent attempt at business has been a small boutique gym.Here are 5
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here are parts of the industrial society that have me in a chokehold. i struggle with surrogate activities and tech addiction. (SA: an action done to progress an artificial goal
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