I like how he takes control of everything. I think he should’ve like, leaked a little of his money away just so people could have enough, but enough that he can do everything.
But, I also like how he’s able to go from broke to rich at any time, that’s the fundamental of every smart, hard working person — you just need to arbitrage. That’s business. Arbitrage. It’s something you can’t scale with a job.
If you’re going to do something, you need to do it consistently as much as you can — almost every day.
If you’re trying to lose weight, gain muscle, learn how to program in PHP and Python, it’s harder to lose 20 lbs, gain 20 lbs, or learn how to program in one day.
It’s easier to spread them out with less minutes every day than one long thing.
Humans are creatures of habit. Once you get into rhythm of doing something, it gets easier.
This was a pretty inspirational video. Inspirational in that in makes me want to be a singer and actor.
I like how the main character is able to play piano, and I feel sympathy for his situation and how the girl he likes is taken by his (best?) friend.
Being smart is important. The more knowledge you have, the more you are worth in this world to jobs, employers, and other people. It’s something that you will have for the rest of your life and will be able to use in any endeavor. In the movie 2012, the president said, “One young scientist is worth twenty politicians.” One smart person is worth million not-so-smart people.
You can’t be smart unless you can draw upon knowledge that you’ve learned. Knowledge that you absorb and can’t retain and draw upon is wasted knowledge. Read more…
An African Malawian 14-year old boy named William Kamkwamba learned physics and how to construct a windmill using scraps from his house with no english skills, relying on diagrams to kind of feel his way to the words.
With the advent of the internet, we have access to near infinite knowledge. Because of this, we can do anything that anyone has achieved.
Some important things I believe he utilized:
He had access to an underfunded library, which gave him the knowledge necessary Read more…