Be Running Up That Hill

Sometimes an image just stops you in your tracks. Sometimes a movie can have that effect.

And sometimes it happens in real life - maybe far away but hits home because this can be anyone from anyone of our families. Read her story

It's graduation season; all graduates of all ages in all parts of the world deserve their moment to celebrate, to be proud, to be a source of nachas, to have and cause some anxiety. Parents just want their kids to grow up and accumulate the the tools to succeed, to soar...they know the day is coming to separate on some level, but it still seems sudden and there's always a tightening in the throat, at least a little bit.

Feeling that tightening, that worry, that empathy for another's situation should equalize us, make us think about our actual behaviors and habits. In all aspects of our lives, we need to think about why we are doing what we are doing.

What are the best ways to absorb insights, data, and information? Clearly, there's a huge delta between people's self-perception and their perception of the world at large -

• Seventy Eight percent of adults were either doing okay or living comfortably financially.
• Twenty Four percent think the national economy is good or better.
• Huh?

I would love to hear your hypothesis on what's actually going on in people's minds (over and above - 'well, people are full of contradictions, biases, and hypocrisy - that was easy') - I think what's happening in housing may be a bit of a clue - look how much wealth has been created:

But that keeps a lot of people off the track of asset accumulation (not investing, very different from investing):

Meanwhile, investing right now -

Market corrections have come across the board -

Via Eze Vidra, how shut down is venture right now:

Cash rules everything...

Threads and memes have become a kind of currency; a reflection of what your interests are, where your curiosity leads you, how you respond when there's a gap in your knowledge. Reading a thread doesn't make one an expert in any one topic, but there are some important, useful insights and takeaways in all kinds of ways...even if you're not interested in the underlying topic - like basketball and how structurally significant shoe contracts are to entire industries. So don't screw it up like Nike did, as described by Trung Phan here:

Maybe the GOAT of Twitter threads explains a lot in this episode of Infinite Loops

Hustle culture is a lie -

Sometimes you start following someone like Dr. Daniel Crosby (who you should all be following everywhere) and start listening to their content like this enlightening podcast

And then their best known content is about Diet Coke...

We contain multitudes...

be running down that road running up that hill be running up that building...feel how it feels...

Yes, I know Youtube doesn't let music get embedded, just click on the link...you're welcome