Practical Self Development
[Ludvig | Martin | Mikael]
For the first time, the elusive Martin Sandquist gives an interview.
Martin Sandquist is the founder of Lynx Asset Management. Lynx is one of the most successful hedge funds in Europe. They’re classified as a CTA and have 70 employees. Continue Reading…
If being manipulated by horoscopes, fortune-telling, cold-reading, conspiracy theories, and comforting beliefs constitute the most primitive aspects of the neocortex’s craving for truth (and are sure-shot symptoms of being a Homeostasis Dweller), what would be the opposite?
—Higher order thinking.
Higher order thinking is the most intellectually sophisticated form of using the neocortex’s predictive abilities. Those who wish to become elite thinkers must master it.Continue Reading…
“I went on troubling myself about general
ideas until I learnt to understand the particular achievements of the best men.”
–Goethe
Trouble yourself about this.
1) Prodigious memory.Continue Reading…
Everyone who aspires to be good at business and investing should study history.
(And not just the history of Continue Reading…
August 6, 1806.Continue Reading…
[Picture taken on top of a mountain by Lake Ashi, ~40 minutes from Mt. Fuji.]
If you’ve ever been to Japan you’d know it’s just as beautiful as it is depicted in the movie The Last Samurai.
That’s why guys like Larry Ellison and Steve Jobs went there for inspiration…Continue Reading…
[From: The Commonplace of Ludvig Sunström.]
[Title: How Did Pokemon GO Become Popular?]
[Tagged: Musings, Lollapalooza Effects.]
(All of which are explained below.)Continue Reading…
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