Last week at the Monty Technology Summit I got inspired by the “Around The World in 45 Minutes” fireside chat with General David Petraeus which was hosted by Michael Milken. The idea came across my mind: what if there was an “accelerated” way to becoming a CEO ?

I have seen good arguments in favor of [emotional] fitness, determination, even levelheadedness described being like muscles, therefore, trainable. Those three traits I’m certain they’re part of a good CEO makeup.

CEOs, they’re both:

• abrasive yet super likable,
• uncanning yet predictable,
• direct yet rhetoric,
• semantic yet unstructured,
• unifying yet disruptive,
• a “lover” yet a fighter,
• visionary yet pragmatic,
• answering yet asking [questions],
• sophisticated yet simple,
• imposing yet friendly,

Cool site for new learning: QuantifiedSelf

Video debate of the month:

The Future of God with Sam Harris, Michael Shermer, Jean Houston and Deepak Chopra (2010)

Full debate video

@wolfofwallst JB and I we need to start a CEO Clinic #CEO #CEOClinic #startup #investmentbanking #careers pic.twitter.com/qJQNOBZ8l3

— Max Cantor (@FinancierGuru) March 21, 2017