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This edition is written by finance bro + wannabe monk, Paul.
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One Cool Website
Explore the coolest thing humans have ever builtā¦the internet!
My fashion needs a tune-up. I spent Thanksgiving week with three well-dressed Brits. After that experience, I realized there are levels to the fashion game. Iām a struggling minor leaguer, in need of some tutelage. After scouring the internet for a few hours, I found my instructor. The Sartorialist.
The Sartorialist is the personal photo archive of Scott Shuman. Shuman is a professional, street-style photographer. His photos capture the sensible stylings of working men and women in major cities across the U.S. and Europe. The Sartorialist is the fashionable, European cousin of Humans of New York. The site is a one-way ticket to great style inspiration. New collections are posted weekly and date all the way back to 2006! You can filter the images by city, style, and item.
Need inspiration for sunglasses? They got it.
Want to find trendy outwear for your sister? Look no further.
Is your wardrobe getting boring? Find the best looks from London, Madrid, and Milan.
-Paul
One Thing Iām Working On
Practice makes progress.
Iām not good at being unpopular. I crave the validation of others. Iāll bite my tongue, change my opinions, or lie to appease people. In Catholic grade school, being agreeable was the golden rule. I was taught to avoid asking uncomfortable questions, challenging authority, or probing my beliefs.
This operating framework has catastrophic results. It atrophies our critical thinking muscles.
Recently, Iāve been working on maintaining radical candor with myself and others. Radical candor is caring personally and challenging directly. Radical candorās champion, author Kim Scott, believes we can break free of the false dichotomy that we have to choose betweenĀ being a jerk and being incompetent. In the last two years, Iāve focused on destroying the cowardly catholic school mentality. In doing so, Iāve become preachy, confrontational, and kind of a jerk. That style of communication is not useful. Radical candor is. It is the golden mean between ruinous empathy and obnoxious aggression.
By using radical candor, I maintain intellectual integrity and respectful communication. To make ethical headway in a community, we must put true opinions on the line. It is impossible to make serious progress in conversation until all views are brought forth. Radical candor enables people to put something shocking on the table so that it can be rationally talked about and tested. It prioritizes the health of the dialogue over peopleās egos.
-Paul
One Prediction For The Future
Life is changing fast.
Over the next 50 years, the U.S. will dramatically improve its spending and policymaking on climate change. We will either fix the problem or have a clear path to solving it. Humans are biologically programmed to fix this problem. Over millions of years, humans have gotten really good at one thing: passing down genes. To do so, we are wired to survive and reproduce. Our primal concerns include (1) personal health and (2) child health.
Climate change didnāt become a national issue until 1988. So, the first generation to grow up with the knowledge that climate change will impact either their health or their childrenās health is Gen Y (born 1981 - 1996). Today, the majority of the wealth and political power in the U.S. are held by Baby Boomers + Silent Generation. These individuals were ignorant to climate change. Their view of whatās important was formed before climate change became an issue. Unfortunately, 67.4% of the countryās wealth and 59.5% of the countryās political power are held by these generations.
But over the next 50 years, this playing field changes. Baby boomers and the silent generation will die. Their kids, Gen X and Gen Y, will inherit wealth and political power. Climate change directly impacts the personal health and child health of these generations. Wealth and political power will rest with generations primarily concerned with climate change. They will use that power to increase the odds of passing down genes. The #1 obstacle to that goalā¦climate change.
When humans allocate money, time, and political power to an issue, massive leaps in innovation are made. The atomic bomb, the spacecraft, and the internet were products of this trio. When humans focus their collective intelligence and resources on solving a problem, they usually do. Especially when that problem has the potential to destroy their ability to survive and reproduce.
-Paul
Bread Believer Of The Week!!
You da realest
The Bread Believer of the week is ā¦..drum roll please š„ā¦ Anita Gugulski!!! Anita started reading Bread Crumbs this October and has opened each issue since then. Thatās high praise and we appreciate that type of commitment!!
Anita - Thanks so much for that ELITE open rate!!
Hope you had a great Thanksgiving and good luck closing out the semester! Cheers to you š„
-Paul
1 Great Book
There is no better bargain than a great book.
Thinking In Bets has made me 10x better at decision making.
In many cases, we are given an incomplete set of information and asked to make a decision. Annie Duke shows us how to systematically make decisions with the mindset of a professional poker player. This book is especially useful for anyone who allocates capital for a living (i.e. Venture Capital, Private Equity, Corporate Development, Lending, etc.)
-Paul
Graph of the Week
Weāve decided to test out a new sectionā¦Graph of the Week. We will include graphs that make you a better student, colleague, and builder. These arenāt your motherās graphicsā¦
-Paul
Thatās it for this week. Good luck with the Thanksgiving hangover squad. See yāall next Sunday.
-Paul & Luke