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I've learned a lot from Peter Thiel.

In particular, I admire his ability to bet on people.

He surrounds himself with driven people with bold beliefs about the world.

Then, he empowers them with money, attention, and encouragement.

The ultimate node in a network of ambition.
As @tylercowen has written, he's had a major hand in the rise of Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, Reid Hoffman, and Eric Weinstein.

It's an antifragile strategy. He gets them into his orbit and doubles down on people with momentum.

Big upside. Low downside.

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@tylercowen I've written 15,000 words on Thiel and I could probably write 15,000 more.

If I wrote another essay, I'd focus on his talent recognition skills.

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My business is one-year-old now.

Here are 18 values for the kind of business we want to build:

1. Stay nimble: I want to keep the business small. I want to have a personal relationship with everybody I partner with. I have no plans for an IPO, so I'm here for the long-term.
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I never appreciated how Claude Monet grew into his style.

These four paintings, beginning in 1867 and ending in 1899, show how he moved from away Realism with flat brushstrokes and towards Impressionism with pointy ones.

But his paintings always vibrated with color.
Monet closed his career as an abstract artist, and admittedly, I don’t like where he ended up as much.

These paintings are from 1917-1919.
This is the Monet I love. The years from 1885-1895 where his paintings were soft and bright like a morning sunrise.
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~ Write of Passage update ~

My business started less than one year ago, and I've already taught more than 500 students. The 4th cohort began last night, with ~200 students from more than 20 countries.

My story, with some lessons from running my business.
In 2017, I took a class called Building a Second Brain by @fortelabs.

It's the most impactful career decision I've made. Armed with a note-taking system, I could focus on creating ideas instead of memorizing facts and working with computers instead of competing against them.
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