Fun and Interesting
- A RENEGADE TRAWLER, HUNTED FOR 10,000 MILES BY VIGILANTES (NYT)
- Circling the entire west of of The Americas (Art of Non-conformity)
- The phone is the sun around which tech revolves (Ben Evans)
- Why Disney and ESPN will be ok (stratechery)
- Dinner with Author of the Blue Zone – Dan Buettner (NYT)
- Shopify business competition – Top 6 (Fortune)
Personal Improvement
- Summer Reads for the Curious Mind (Farnam St)
- 6 Sources of Influence (Budgets are Sexy)
Finance
- A very cool new portfolio tool – Portfolio Charts (read Josh Brown’s explanation)
- Another cool tool – SimplyWall.St (review by DivHut)
- Are you paying too much in fees? (Retire by 40)
- I harp on this. Buy cheap ETF’s.
- What to do if you lose your job (Frugal Rules)
- The 1st $100k is the hardest (Fervent Finance)
- Investing $200 for life (Even Steven)
- Don’t despise the day of small beginnings Steven!
- 20 life hacks to increase your net worth (Early to Rise)
- Spoiled or Curious – Working minimum wage jobs (FinSam)
- Waiting for normal – it never comes (The Irrelevant Investor)
- My dad paid back my $50 loan (and it was a disaster) (Valerie Rind)
- You work too hard not to care (Money after Graduation)
Books I’m Reading (or recently read)
Having a hard time keeping up with reviews, so I thought I’d throw a few here for you to check out.
- The War of Art – Steven Pressfield
- The Complete Book of Trusts – Martin Shenkman
- Consider Phlebus (A Culture Novel) – Ian M Banks
- The Player of Games (A Culture Novel) – Ian M Banks
It’s the Freakin Weekend!
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