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10 Oct

Disney World celebrated its 50th anniversary on October 1.

Disney’s incredible commitment to storytelling is evident in the details and intricacies of the park.

THREAD: Storytelling principles and secrets of The Most Magical Place on Earth:

Storytelling is a superpower that's on full display at Disney World.

The park—which covers 43 square miles (2x the size of Manhattan!)—can teach us a lot about enhancing our own storytelling.

This thread breaks down the principles and secrets that make Disney World so magical:

Imagineering is the engine.

The Imagineers—a group of artists and engineers—meticulously design every aspect of the storytelling experience.

The key principles:
(1) Suspended Reality
(2) Multisensory Experience
(3) Details Matter
(4) Make It Shareable

Let's cover each:

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4 Oct

The rapid demise of Ozy Media is a story for the ages.

Here's a breakdown on the situation and lessons:

1/ Ozy Media was founded in September 2013 by Carlos Watson and Samir Rao.

Watson had an incredibly impressive story—born to a working class Jamaican family in Miami, he would go on to attend Harvard and Stanford Law School before working at McKinsey and Goldman Sachs.

2/ He later entered the media world and had a semi-successful television career, at one point co-anchoring an MSNBC show and appearing regularly on Morning Joe.

But in 2013, he joined forces with his former Goldman colleague Samir Rao to found Ozy Media.

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3 Oct

China is facing a severe energy crisis that threatens to compound supply chain woes and derail the global recovery.

Here’s a simple breakdown of the situation:

1/ With Evergrande and supply chain disarray stealing the spotlight, a growing energy crisis has (mostly) flown under the radar.

China is feeling the pain, but the contagion is poised to spread globally.

This thread provides a simple framework for understanding the key drivers:

2/ What are the visible impacts of China's energy crisis?

More than half of China's mainland provinces have been forced to limit electricity usage due to shortages.

The largest industrial provinces are facing cuts just as they try to dig their way out of the supply chain woes.

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30 Sep

I was in the airport today in LA and overheard a TSA agent talking to his colleagues about Evergrande.

Then he said he had read about it from some guy on Twitter named “Saheel” Bloom.

I just smiled, grabbed my bag, and walked away.

The internet is absolutely incredible.

I don’t mean this as a flex (though I get that it feels like one).

I mean it as a reflection of the potential of the internet to create opportunity.

We have a long way to go, but we are inching towards a more meritocratic world.

I’m committed to paying it forward—join me.

I put my time and money where my mouth is on this.

I keep my DMs open for a reason—and anyone who I have interacted with on here can attest to that.

When you experience any success, remember it wasn’t on your own. You have a duty to pay it forward to the next generation.

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27 Sep

By now, you’ve probably heard that global supply chains are in a state of disarray.

Here's a simple breakdown of what’s causing it:

@business

1/ There's a lot of talk right now about the global supply chain crisis.

@business published an article subtitled "Inside the Brutal Realities of Supply Chain Hell”—it's getting serious.

This thread provides my (very) simple framework for understanding the key drivers:

2/ First off, what are the visible impacts of the crisis?

Product delays (good luck getting appliances before 2022), product shortages (see semiconductors), port buildups (fly over LA and you'll see), and rampant freight costs (sorry, retailer margins).

It's pretty bad.

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@SahilBloom

26 Sep

What can the Chinese bamboo tree teach us about growth?

It has to be cared for every single day. It doesn’t break through the ground for 5 years, but once it breaks through, it can grow up to 100 feet in 5 weeks.

Lesson: Be patient. Growth happens gradually, then suddenly.

Another interesting insight I gleaned from this:

You have to be sure that the “care” you apply is sufficient and appropriate.

This means that your daily actions are compounding under the surface — pushing your personal flywheel with appropriate force and directional efficiency.

And in most cases, you shouldn't “sell” your bamboo before it breaks through the ground (unless someone pays you for the 100-foot version while it’s in the ground).

Investing is about edge—an asymmetric information advantage.

No one has more information about you, than you.

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