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Thinking of working with systems rather than towards goals. I got this idea from How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00COOFBA4/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?...

Learning to type - Enhanced productivity https://hkelkar.com/2014/03/02/learn-to-type-before-you-lear...

Writing a blog has been extremely rewarding. It takes effort to Blog Over the years I published a book based on the blog.

Understanding Compounding.

Learning Python for fun. Learning Python was really the stepping stone to learning other interesting things.


this is fantastic. Great snapshot of the past. Thank you jsomers for sharing this.


make more money and then give some of it to causes you support.


Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller. Read about John D Rockefeller and the likes of Bezos and Zuck seem like amateurs.

I have ways of making money that you know nothing of - John D Rockefeller.


GE stock.


Depends on your timing. In late 2008 or early 2009, I saw GE below $7/share, and I knew it was an insanely low number, but I didn't have any spare cash, and I didn't have the guts to borrow money to buy it.

In retrospect, I should have put some of my IRA money into it - not a lot, maybe a few percent.


planet money and freakonomics.

Helps me understand how the world actually works.


Risk Management. No more than 5% of your portfolio in a single company. No more than 25% of your portfolio in a single sector. A stop loss strategy. An exit strategy. The best investors in the world generate 20% returns year over year consistently. Don't be greedy.

Read The most important thing - Mark Howards.



great way to tell the masses and countless business school grads that its not even worth trying. Any astute investor will support articles like this since it reduces competition. Thinking is bad. Long live index funds.


try Sphero, its a fun robot to learn with.


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