Wall Street Financier: Notes from High Altitude©
He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.
I was asked to weight on Elon Musk’s smoking a spliff on the Joe Rogan podcast and videocast from Friday. Smoking a joint is irrelevant when a person does it private. However, the circumstances of such thing bare weight. The fact that Rogan offered the thing (Musk is not the …
Today was the first day at the TechCrunch (formerly an AOL property) and Verizon-sponsored conference. Somebody approached me with the idea of using my brand power for a men’s luxury clothing line that would feature a pitbull head on top of a men’s suit. It’s somewhat similar to the Maceoo line …
Plausible deniability, as employed by high-ranking people, is one of the tools they use to fry your brain. Does your boss use it? Look at this words: “…it almost ought to be illegal.” Somebody has said that. Your brain is in a microwave because “almost” is a word disingenuously used …
Lucky dog day today. I will be putting together a free Bonus material for the early buyers (Aug. 9- Oct. 24) of The Book of the Underdog , available exclusively on this website on October 24th. I want to answer questions that are both practical and useful. What are some …
Shopping for great foods is not the only thing I do. I also shop for great books. Turn around and look to your (nearest) bookshelf. Yes, stop what you’re doing, and if you are at home, take a look at your bookshelf for a minute. Let me ask you this: …
The last post I had on the ketogenic diet sparked the interest of several readers. So when I went shopping recently I looked for things that follow that diet. (To be clear, I am not on the keto diet currently. I have done IF, and also done multiple-day fasts). My …
We’ve come a long way here: from a little known plane-featuring blog (2013), to the best alpha male blog for techies (2017), to the world’s premier power site for men (2018). I stressed that I loath writing age-segmented advice. I don’t believe in age-centric advice for men: men in their …
Daniel H. Pink’s book WHEN: the Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing is a good addition to your library if you are working towards optimizing your life. The book was reviewed in the Wall Street Journal. I gave it a 5-star review. What you want to do is first see whether …
There are some very good points in Tren Griffin’s article reprinted on Andreessen Horowitz’s website Two Powerful Mental Models: Network Effects and Critical Mass in 2016. The article discusses how some network effects are weak while others are strong. There’s the example of Friendster, a social network that existed before …
I released the Kindle (Ebook) version of The Book of the Underdog, The Manual to Rise to The Top, Win over the Competition and Crush your Boss. You can go over to Amazon and get it. Time to celebrate with a song and champagne. I also have chocolate ice cream …
