Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Getting into a groove of dinners
Getting into a nice groove doing dinners. What’s amazing is that by bringing people together, OTHERS love introducing you to others. My man Jayson Gaignard is doing a workshop on relationships at the beginning of April. One of the homework that people have to do is host a dinner of their own. To be self-indulgent…
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Giving generously: how Principles went from PDF to Book
Ray Dalio is a particular man. He founded Bridgewater, the world’s largest hedge fund, which manages over $150 billion. As of right now, Ray is worth more than $15 billion, and also the author of Principles, the NYTimes best seller. But this story isn’t about Ray – it’s about how Principles became a book in…
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Find your kind of people.
Last year, I was in NYC hanging out with some cool peeps when Chris Brogan said something about “my kind of people.” That phrase struck me. And since then I’ve noticed that while I get to meet a lot of people, I bond best with “my kind of people.” For example – Mr. Weaver. I…
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Associations matter; keep your life simple and clean
I was at a dinner recently and we were talking about Facebook and how I actively remove “friends.” One of the people there was confused about why I would do that. A few reasons: 1. We joke about being “FB official,” but there is something to be said on seeing who your mutual friends are…
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What’s actual INFLUENCE?
I was at a dinner last night that my buddy Zach put together because I’m in Austin right now. At one point Ayman told us all that we HAD to read “Dark Matter.” Four of us immediately wrote down that we had to buy it. I mention this because, while I joke about “#SOLFLUENCED,” this…
Got any book recommendations?