Hello my friends,

This past week I’ve been rereading The Obstacle is the Way by Ryan Holiday.

If you haven’t read it, at all or for a while, I encourage you to pick up a copy.

In this market perspective is everything.

More below ↓

— Andy

Product

• The infinite upside from writing this newsletter is that it’s introduced me to people who I would otherwise not meet. Visual artist Craig Black is one of those people. On our first Zoom meeting he told me he was on the verge of making a significant financial investment to pursue his Fusion Painting technique. Two years later, FIFA has asked him to perform live in front of the world’s best players and teams in Qatar. 🤯

  “This is an absolute dream project of mine, something I’ve dreamed about as a kid and now it is coming to fruition. I’ve been bursting at the seams to share this news with the world and in the next few weeks, myself and the boss Alison Black will be flying out to Doha for two weeks whilst the Group Stages will be playing to perform these live art performances.”

• It’s been a busy week at Teenage Engineering. Adding an Okinawa Lager and a wooden choir to their product lineup ↓

• How many suitcases do you need? This telescopic design provides hand luggage size to full size in one ingenious package.

People

• Matt Mochary, executive coach to Naval, just made his curriculum open source, templates and all. Level up here.

• If you play sport you’ll understand the significance of “playing for the front of the jersey.” Whether you’re optimizing for money, status or experience simply playing for the winning team is what matters.

• “I’m functioning at 60% effectiveness”. Lessons from spending 10,000 hours with Reid Hoffman.

Process

• Great ideas rarely appear while sitting at a desk in front of a computer. Give creativity some legs.

• There’s a feeling where everything just seems to flow and everyone produces their best work. The phenomenon of Scenius; when a group, place or scene produces exceptional work.

• Compound growth is one of the most important financial concepts. Getting 1% more productive everyday can have astounding results over a long period of time.

Out of Office

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