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The two books that have affected my thinking more than any others:

A Guide to the Good Life amazon.com/Guide-Good-Lif…

The Courage to Be Disliked amazon.com/Courage-Be-Dis…
The first is a crash course in stoicism, which I’d describe as a model for thinking that’s nearly opposite to the way the average frustrated American thinks.

The second is a discourse on Adlerian psychology, which I’d describe as the best way to rid your life of excuses
I’m thoroughly butchering both descriptions - just read them. And they’re books I would recommend reading 100% of. Neither is very long.
(Also the “more than any others” doesn’t include religious books or books that were only impactful because they were at the right time personally)
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A lot of talk about Lambda School today, and most of it I'll ignore.

One I'm going to respond to - that Lambda School is "creaming" - removing the best students from other schools and locking them into ISAs.

This is a tweetstorm full of student stories, so buckle up.
J is a single father, high school dropout with two kids (1.6 GPA), had been working in a warehouse for four years. We noticed in our intro courses he was doing well at programming, and decided to invest.

He attended Lambda, now makes software for warehouses, making $80k+/yr
S had to drop out of school when she couldn't afford the payments on her archaeology degree. She was living in a car when she applied to Lambda School.

She was also hired at an $80k rate.
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There are more than 10x the students starting Lambda School today as 18 months ago.

NPS is higher across the board, student skill is higher across the board, and it goes off without a hitch.

Hats off to the Lambda growth, admissions and student success teams.
NPS schoolwide for Lambda School is in the high 60s. We're working on getting it to the mid/high 70s right now.
(NPS = Net Promoter Score) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_Promo…
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Have always been curious about this.

DM me one thing that you would never dare tweet but believe to be true, and I’ll reply to this thread with the messages but without identifying who they’re from (and I promise to always keep it a secret)
First I need to make it crystal clear that I do not endorse any of these opinions in any way whatsoever
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I do not consent to this.
2) It’s @Starbucks stuff. I don’t think it’s good for me, spiritually.
3) @SaRaAshcraft has talked about this idea of consent, that bad people try to draw you into their evil world. If you don’t know what they’re doing, you may unknowingly consent.

To them it’s good enough.
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