Current Project: Reading books about entrepreneurs and investors and sharing what I learned from them

Mission: Create a library of wisdom from notable entrepreneurs that current entrepreneurs can leverage to increase their chances of success

Cumulative metrics (since 4/1/24):

• Total books read: 124
• Total blog posts published: 833

This week’s metrics:

• Books read: 1
• Blog posts published: 7

What I completed in the week ending 7/19/26 (link to the previous week’s commitments):

• Read Principles of Great Traders by George Coyle, a framework book distilling decades of interviews with elite public-market practitioners (investors and traders) into the core principles that powered their enormous returns. Coyle coauthored a book I’d already read, Market Wizards: The Next Generation, and in it he mentioned his other books and articles. I was curious about him and decided to give Principles a read since it’s pretty short.

What I’ll do next week:

• Read a biography, autobiography, or framework book

Asks:

• No ask this week

Week three hundred twenty-nine was another week of learning. Looking forward to next week!

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Continuing with my new protocol, here I’m going to share content I consumed and learned from. This week, I spent time doing general learning about a variety of topics.

What I consumed this week and what I learned from it:

• 300 years of Americans getting rich – YouTube interview with Joseph Moore. Moore gives a historical perspective on how Americans built wealth, including investing in the stock market, and how indexing changed the stock market. His take on bonds beating stocks for long periods made me want to learn more about bond history. His views on real estate being a path to building a modest fortune but a terrible way to make a massive fortune stuck with me. He said that real estate has not always gone up (inflation-adjusted) for most of American history and that elevated inflation and the ability to purchase using mostly debt changed this. I loved his views on how the best way to build wealth is to solve other people’s problems, take more risks, and relocate to chase opportunity. Great interview, and I’m buying the book he wrote on this topic.
• Why blogs are dying – An interesting blog post on why the top 100 once-successful blogs are dying. Only 21 of these sites continue to grow, and the vast majority have lost 85% of their traffic. My takeaway is that in the age of AI, blogs where people document what they did to solve problems (i.e., their firsthand experiences) have moats and are performing the best. The days of getting traffic by answering questions on blog posts are over because AI can quickly summarize this kind of information.

That’s what I learned from what I consumed last week.

This week I had a great conversation with someone who came across my blog and reached out. An avid reader and entrepreneur, he asked for feedback, which I gladly gave. I also shared my experience building a product similar to his and some other things I’ve learned. The conversation went longer than we’d planned. He offered to make introductions to other entrepreneurs who are avid readers, which I appreciate.

My takeaway is that sharing what I’ve learned, online for free, encourages serendipity. I have no idea how many people out there are interested in the same things I am. Some of them may come across what I’ve shared, and it may be helpful. And a smaller subset of those who get value from what I share may reach out to discuss ideas.

I enjoy my habits of daily blogging and reading; I’ve grown a ton because of them. And recently I’ve realized that they’re leading to my connecting with like-minded people, which I didn’t expect but do enjoy.  

My takeaway is that sharing what I’ve learned online has little downside and, over the years, a growing upside.

Current Project: Reading books about entrepreneurs and investors and sharing what I learned from them

Mission: Create a library of wisdom from notable entrepreneurs that current entrepreneurs can leverage to increase their chances of success

Cumulative metrics (since 4/1/24):

• Total books read: 123
• Total blog posts published: 826

This week’s metrics:

• Books read: 1
• Blog posts published: 7

What I completed in the week ending 7/12/26 (link to the previous week’s commitments):

• Reread Unknown Market Wizards by Jack Schwager, a biographical anthology profiling eleven people who generated outsized returns in public markets. I wanted to compare and contrast this book with his latest release, which I read last week (see here).

What I’ll do next week:

• Read a biography, autobiography, or framework book

Asks:

• No ask this week

Week three hundred twenty-eight was another week of learning. Looking forward to next week!

Continuing with my new protocol, here I’m going to share content I consumed and learned from. This week, I spent time doing general learning about a variety of topics.

What I consumed this week and what I learned from it:

• Seek advice on how to fail – YouTube interview with Alix Pasquet III. I love his idea about leveraging inversion by asking people who’ve had success at what you want to do, “What would I need to do to fail?” This helps you build a list of things to avoid and develop pattern recognition so you can spot those things if you start doing them. He also talked about another idea: that price memory triggers cognitive biases like the endowment effect, which can lead to avoidable losses because you don’t recognize threats (see here). And I love his thoughts on approaching successful people to bring them value, not extract value from them.
• Human intelligence = hierarchical memory + predictions – YouTube interview with Omer Cedar. He explains how humans use hierarchical memory and predictions to think. That’s hard to simulate, so machines and AI can’t yet think like humans. He also talks about his view that the propagation curve is driven by new information being recognized over time by investors (see here). This supports his view that change in the state of information is more important than the state of information (see here). It also supports his view that the amount of a surprise correlates to the amount of alpha available because of new information.

That’s what I learned from what I consumed last week.

Current Project: Reading books about entrepreneurs and investors and sharing what I learned from them

Mission: Create a library of wisdom from notable entrepreneurs that current entrepreneurs can leverage to increase their chances of success

Cumulative metrics (since 4/1/24):

• Total books read: 122
• Total blog posts published: 819

This week’s metrics:

• Books read: 1
• Blog posts published: 7

What I completed in the week ending 7/5/26 (link to the previous week’s commitments):

• Read Market Wizards: The Next Generation by Jack Schwager and George Coyle, a biographical anthology profiling nine people who generated outsized returns in public markets. This book is interesting because the nine people accomplished this at very young ages. The book does a good job of detailing their backgrounds, their origin stories, and how they approach decision-making in highly uncertain situations when the stakes are extremely high.

What I’ll do next week:

• Read a biography, autobiography, or framework book

Asks:

• No ask this week

Week three hundred twenty-seven was another week of learning. Looking forward to next week!

This week, I consumed less content than usual because it’s a holiday week. None of it is worth sharing. Next week I’ll get back to my normal content consumption level. I hope to find a few nuggets worth sharing.

I like to relax and enjoy holidays, but over the last year or two, I’ve established a habit of setting a challenge for myself for each holiday. I missed doing so for Memorial Day, and I want to get back on track for the 4th. The challenges are fun ways to push myself or make progress on a current project. I try to complete the challenge, and usually I do, but sometimes I overestimate what I can do during a holiday. Regardless, it’s fun, I learn something from the process, and I feel like I made progress on something I’m interested in.

Over the last few months, I’ve collected several research reports and articles written by notable people that I want to read. I never get around to reading them, though. They pile up in my office.

My goal for this holiday is to read two of these reports by Tuesday.

That’s it; that’s the challenge. Very simple. Wish me luck.

Today is the last day of June. That means Q2 is officially over and we’re halfway through the year. The first half of 2026 went by fast, but for whatever reason, I don’t feel like I made the most of it. I want to make the most of the year as a whole, so I’ll be experimenting with some changes and new habits. Here’s hoping they work!

Current Project: Reading books about entrepreneurs and investors and sharing what I learned from them

Mission: Create a library of wisdom from notable entrepreneurs that current entrepreneurs can leverage to increase their chances of success

Cumulative metrics (since 4/1/24):

• Total books read: 121
• Total blog posts published: 812

This week’s metrics:

• Books read: 1
• Blog posts published: 7

What I completed in the week ending 6/28/26 (link to the previous week’s commitments):

• Reread The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing by Al Ries and Jack Trout, a framework for thinking about marketing that describes 22 foundational marketing laws

What I’ll do next week:

• Read a biography, autobiography, or framework book

Asks:

• No ask this week

Week three hundred twenty-six was another week of learning. Looking forward to next week!