📝 Déjà vu, Ice Cream and Lots of Brand New Podcasts

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Wealth

1/ The Perfect Book Title Combines: - Joshua Lisec
Functional value – a job done the best way
Financial Value – a job done the most economical way
Emotional Value– a job done in a way that gives the person confidence it will work

2/ Network Depth > Breadth: “If you really focus on building out the depth of your relationships, then you will achieve much bigger things by working with other people” – Martijn Lancee
Trust = Consistency of character x Time

3/ How To Raise Money Like A Pro: - David Rubenstein, Carlyle Group (Tim Ferriss)
Give them a good reason for doing so
Know what you’re talking about and be well-informed
Be polite, give people time to think about it, send a follow-up note, and keep them informed about how the investment is doing (even if they didn’t invest)
If the investment isn’t doing well, be transparent about it and give bad news upfront

4/ We Need an Online Bill of Rights: “Our free speech rights got privatized, the town square got digitized and centralized” – David Sacks (All In Podcast)

5/ How to Start Tech Investing: - Avlok Kohli, CEO of AngelList Venture
Exposure to early-stage tech: Invest behind a fund manager
Engage with a founder and help them: Start investing directly into companies and possibly start a fund

Health:

6/ Steps to Improve Neuroplasticity: Approach learning in 90-minute blocks, knowing the first 5-10 minutes will be difficult but improve over time- our bodies continue the rhythms of our 90-minute sleep cycles throughout the day – Huberman Lab

7/ Mechanism Behind Déjà Vu: neurons that were active in one circumstance are becoming active again in the same circumstance – Huberman Lab

8/ Ice Cream: Invented by the Chinese in 1600 BC and brought to Europe by Marco Polo - History of Food with Nick Charlie Key
WWII Pilots would mix ingredients and the vibration/cold of the flight would make the perfect ice cream

9/ Long COVID: Cytokines get into the brain and cause psychiatric problems related to post-COVID recovery – depression, lethargy, low energy. – Dr. Mark Gordon (Joe Rogan Experience)
When the brain has inflammation, it changes the chemistry which disrupts all control mechanisms – function and ability to sequence is gone
COVID-19 survivors must get tested for inflammation markers and address to avoid adverse mental health outcomes

Wisdom

10/ Unnecessary Creativity is Key: “You have to have something in your life that you’re doing, that you’re building into, that you’re creating, that isn’t part of your on-demand job so that you have expression for that creativity that can’t find expression through your on-demand work.” – Todd Henry (Premium)

11/ Aliteracy (choosing not the read): 30% of Americans who graduate from college never read another book in their life, 50% of Americans have not bought a new book in the last 5 years – David Ruberstein