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31 Dec 20, 8 tweets, 2 min read
In 2020, in addition to my educational threads, I shared a number of story threads on history, business, and entrepreneurs.

Why? I believe storytelling has the power to educate, amaze, and inspire.

Here are my five favorites. Tag a friend to share! Who’s up for a story?

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1/ The Civil War Big Short
2/ Thinking Outside the Box
3/ The Onion King
4/ Breaking the Bank of England
5/ The Pizza Cheese Mogul
Those were my five favorite “Who’s up for a story?” threads from 2020!

You can find my five favorite educational threads from 2020 in the tweet below.
I hope you’ve all enjoyed reading these stories as much as I have researching and writing them!

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2 Jan
Robert Smalls was born into slavery but would go on to become a hero of the Civil War, a successful entrepreneur, and a U.S. congressman.

His journey is one you have to read to believe.

Who's up for a story?

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1/ Robert Smalls was born on April 5, 1839 in Beaufort, South Carolina.

His mother, Lydia Polite, was a house worker enslaved by a man named Henry McKee.

It is widely believed that McKee was Robert's father, which afforded him preferential treatment in his early years.
2/ While she had worked in the McKee household as an adult, Robert's mother had grown up working in the fields.

Not wanting her son to be blind to the plight of the other slaves, Lydia Polite requested that he be exposed to this work.

This experience was formative for Robert.
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29 Dec 20
If you could spend a day with one person from history, who would it be and why?
Some amazing replies here. To clarify, the person can definitely still be alive!
Most frequent responses so far:

Business - Steve Jobs
World Leaders - Benjamin Franklin, Mandela, Napoleon
Religion - Jesus, Prophet Muhammad, Moses
Science/Math - Leonardo da Vinci, Tesla, Einstein
Sports/Culture - Muhammad Ali
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25 Dec 20
This year, I shared 70+ educational threads on business and finance.

It was all free. I believe education is a fundamental human right and this was my way of giving back.

Here are my 5 favorite threads. Tag a loved one to regift and share the wealth! Merry Christmas!

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1/ First Principles Thinking
2/ The Cantillon Effect
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24 Dec 20
Second-Order Thinking 101

We live in a world of complex systems that punish simple, linear thinking. The greatest minds consistently use second-order thinking to solve problems.

But what is "second-order thinking" and how does it work?

Here's Second-Order Thinking 101!

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1/ First, a few definitions.

First-order thinking focuses exclusively on solving an immediate problem, without regard for any potential consequences.

To paraphrase the words of the great @HowardMarksBook, it is "simplistic and superficial, and just about everyone can do it."
2/ Second-order thinking moves beyond the immediate problem and considers the multiple layers of implications and consequences of a given decision.

In short, it looks past the simple first-order effects of a decision and deeply examines the second, third, and Nth-order effects.
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21 Dec 20
One entrepreneur was raised in a tiny log cabin in Russia but went on to build an empire in the United States.

Her amazing life is the embodiment of the American Dream.

Who's up for a story?

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1/ Rose Gorelick was born in December 1893 in a small village in present-day Belarus.

Rose and her seven siblings lived simply in a tiny log cabin home.

Both of her parents worked - her father as a Rabbi and her mother at a small store - but they struggled to make ends meet.
2/ To help the family get by, Rose began working in her mother's store starting at age 6.

She took to the work immediately.

By the time she was 16, she was a manager and had 6 men reporting to her.

This would be the humble start of a long and illustrious career in retail.
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9 Dec 20
Survivorship Bias 101

History is written by the victors. But if we exclusively focus on these successes, we allow survivorship bias to distort our understanding of the world.

But what is "survivorship bias" and how does it work?

Here's Survivorship Bias 101!

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1/ First, a few definitions.

Survivorship bias is the logical error of concentrating on survivors (successes) and ignoring casualties (failures).

When we do so, we miss the true "base rates" of survival (the actual probability of success) and arrive at flawed conclusions.
2/ When we completely ignore failures, we lose our ability to correctly identify the differences between successes and failures.

Put simply, exclusively focusing on successes may actually inhibit our ability to identify (and replicate) the actions that led to such success.
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