Wall Street Financier: Notes from High Altitude©
He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.
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 …
Somebody forwarded me this article from Institutional Investor, Inside the Always Nasty, Frequently Sexist, and Often Litigious World of Financial Twitter by Michelle Celalier and, having seen some of those tweets, I came to the conclusion I am the last (manly) man standing in Fintwit. Fintwit is a connotation for financial twitter. …
Those who keep a diet based on their body needs are wise and advised. While no single diet is perfect, I recently came across the news that Jenna Jameson lost 57 lbs. on the keto diet and intermittent fasting. Such achievement speaks volumes for the ketogenic diet. Young readers will …
Guys in the manosphere space frequently exchange tips about women, one such “tip” is women who get a ton of ink (as in tattooed) are sluts. From my personal experience, I do see an exponential rise in the number of tattooed young women. Tattoos are more popular with millennial women …
Millennials are the greatest of their generation. They endowed Mark Zuckerberg, an average man, with the third largest wealth in the world: Zuckerberg, 34, is “now worth $81.6 billion, about $373 million more than Buffett, the 87-year-old chairman and chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway Inc”.(Fortune) They also threw a …
A lot of my readers are entrepreneurs who want to know how to pitch their enterprises to venture capitalists. I’ve seen dozens of pitches, some that are better, some that are not. David Rose’s TED 2007 video is still an excellent framework for what you need to do. (Don’t watch …
Did you know there are studies that show your “smartphone” may actually make you dumber. From Psychology Today: “Cognitive capacity and overall brain power are significantly reduced when your smartphone is within glancing distance—even if it’s turned off and face down—according to a recent study. This new report from the …
