Life
i met a billionaire
i met Austin Russell, founder and ceo of Luminar Technologies (a self-driving car tech company). according to Forbes, he's currently the world's youngest self-made billionaire.
ReadI Sold My First Business
Earler this week, I sold 3 products to a PE firm based in San Francisco.
ReadHaving Enough Liquid Cash Is Important
Trying to find a balance between having money invested and having cash on hand.
ReadDon't Look At Your Stock Price
Today I saw that my newsletter count dropped a bit. For a second, I felt bad. But then I remembered that Jeff Bezos doesn't even look at Amazon's daily stock price.
ReadPick A Method & Stick With It
Practicing code is like practicing basketball. There's a dozen ways to do one thing. Eventually, you realize you really only need to know one good way to do any specific thing.
ReadMonopoly (The Board Game)
I played my first full game of monopoly yesterday. Its allusions to real life investing principles are poetic.
ReadSchool Starts Tomorrow
School starts back up tomorrow. It'll be my 2nd semester of my senior year at NYU.
ReadGoal For Tomorrow: Eat Better
Haven't been eating the best lately. But I'm going to start fighting temptation and get back on my healthy eating habits.
ReadMoney In The Bank
Life has been great lately. I've been aggressively long-term investing (stocks and art). And I have more money in the bank than ever before. And it's done wonders for my mental wellbeing.
ReadToday I Became An Art Investor
I invested in my first art piece using a new platform called Masterworks. Super excited about this!
ReadFavorable Winds
I've been thinking about this tweet for the past 24 hours. It's about the need for having a direction in life.
ReadYou Won't Get Rich Renting Out Your Time
This Naval tweet has echoed in my head for the past 3 years.
ReadA Must-Have Leadership Trait
A core part of leadership is being able to take an unclear task and make it clear.
ReadGive Yourself A Break Sometimes
You don’t have to be on “go” all the time. Today, I ate a huge breakfast and then I bought a game controller to play games on my iPad.
ReadWriting Is A Superpower
Today, I gave a UX research presentation to my boss. I didn't have a slide-deck but I had some notes I took throughtout my research. They saved the day.
ReadThere Will Always Be Uncertainty
A big reason why people are afraid to start is because they're unsure of what will happen. There will always be uncertainty. The trick is to dive in and reduce the uncertainty yourself.
ReadDoing Nothing Is Hard
Sometimes, when I set big goals, I get anxious when I haven't completed them yet. But I've learned that I have to be patience and wait and just stick with the plan. Action for the sake of action is usually not a good idea.
ReadMy Thoughts on The Fish Story from Pixar's Soul
In Pixar’s latest film, Soul, there’s a parable that I didn’t understand until I woke up this morning. (No spoilers)
ReadEndings Are Okay
It's 7am and I just helped my girlfriend get into an Uber so she could get back home to Hawaii for Christmas.
ReadI'm More Lil Wayne Than Steve Jobs
After watching an episode of Netflix's Hip Hop Evolution, I've gained new heroes to look up to alongside Steve, Bill, Jeff, and Elon.
ReadCreate More Than You Consume
As an artist, as a creator, as a maker of things —You shouldn’t use social media less because it’s “bad” for you. You should use it less because there comes a point when you begin to consume more than you create.
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