Duane Rollins

There has been a lot of talk about the capitalistic system these days so I wanted to do a deeper dive into the topic. Here’s the simple definition of capitalism: it is an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by

“To be nobody-but-yourself — in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else — means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight.” - E.E. Cummings Fight to be you today. It’s the only battle that matters.

Delayed But Not Forgotten

From Jeff Bezos’ Letter to 1997 Shareholders on irreversible (Type 1) vs. reversible (Type 2) decision making: > Some decisions are consequential and irreversible or nearly irreversible – one-way doors – and these decisions must be made methodically, carefully, slowly, with great deliberation and consultation. If you walk through and don’t

What would you do with a trillion dollars?

Starting now is the greatest gift you can give to yourself. Let me illustrate with a slightly modified example from Joel Greenblat’’s book, Common Sense: The Investor's Guide to Equality, Opportunity, and Growth [https://amzn.to/31KnfFu]. Imagine seeing a chart with numbers for “Person A” and

Being kingly though struggles

Every Friday, I share other great content (with some added context) to dive into over the weekend. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 To Be Great: The 8 Traits Successful People Have In Common [https://youtu.be/NOl0v54DaXo?t=367] Richard St. John interviewed over 500 of the most successful people and analyzed millions

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Do you want to suck at life? In this ongoing series, I’ll provide a framework for how to do just that. This is a guide on how to be insufferable and I’m going to walk you through the tactics. Step 1: Have a strong opinion about things you