Take a few minutes and think about something you are an expert in…then explain it to me.
Apr 28, 2024 11:48 AM
When you’re told that something is impossible, is that the end of the conversation, or does that start a second dialogue in your mind?
Eric Weinstein
Jan 29, 2024 1:43 PM
If you could have the answer to any one question, what question would you want the answer to?
Max Grev
Dec 14, 2023 3:03 AM
If you could take a year off to work on something that probably wouldn't be important but would be really interesting, what would it be?
Max Grev
Dec 14, 2023 3:03 AM
It’s impossible to please everyone. The question is: are you disappointing the right people?
Adam Grant
Oct 16, 2023 9:01 PM
If someone talked to you the way you talk to yourself, would you be friends with them?
Sep 10, 2023 2:44 AM
For someone who is outside your field, what would they find most surprising about your field?
Jul 29, 2023 3:22 PM
Regardless of what they do or produce, who do you know that has the highest quality bar?
Patrick O’Shaugnessy
Jul 20, 2023 2:33 PM
If you had to give a TED talk on something that isn’t your profession, what would it be about?
Tim Ferris
Apr 29, 2023 2:35 AM
How was your time in the desert? (as a metaphor: eg time of silence and solitude as precursors to wisdom; time of uncertainty, confusion, doubt, and loss as precursors to success)
Sep 30, 2022 3:50 PM
Ideas are networks…novel configurations of nodes in your brain. How do you get your brain into environments where new networks are more likely to form?
Sep 14, 2022 8:24 PM
What do you wish you had told your younger self — that your younger self would have actually listened to?
Dec 31, 2021 4:38 PM
If I could somehow communicate with my future self, what would I want to know now to make the right decision today?
Nov 15, 2021 7:06 PM
What areas are under-invested due to incongruity between market size vs. the number of entrepreneurs that have experienced the problem? (Eg fewer entrepreneurs have kids vs education TAM)
Nov 14, 2021 10:43 PM
If a friend came to me with the exact problems I'm facing now, what advice would I give them?
Oct 14, 2021 3:06 PM
What is one of your favorite books that has only ever been recommended by one person?
Oct 5, 2021 12:12 AM
What have you experienced that I haven't that would make me believe what you do?
Sep 25, 2021 9:52 PM
What do you know that most people do not? (often about something uncommon or unusual)
Feb 28, 2021 1:26 PM
What is the return by security type/area? Are higher returns found in specific types of companies or situations?
Nov 21, 2020 12:40 PM
Does trading in/out of the same positions add to or subtract from returns (after-tax) over time?
Nov 21, 2020 12:36 PM
What is the return by position size? Did larger positions produce higher returns (i.e. does high conviction pay?)
Nov 21, 2020 12:34 PM
What proportion of returns are attributable to management of gross and net exposure?
Nov 21, 2020 12:25 PM
What are you doing right now whose benefits will only be seen years/decades from now?
Nov 16, 2020 4:53 PM
