I enjoyed this:
A Christopher Nolan Film
The Reason You Need a Personal Mission
It’s just a simple fact: Most mergers and acquisitions fail.
70-90% based on studies from Harvard and if they don’t outright fail there’s still a 60%+ chance that the M&A will actually hurt shareholder value and possibly threaten the acquiring company’s very existence.
Yikes.
Alex Ross
Amazing:
Live Longer
Unsurprising, but, I like how it’s backed by science…!
Relationships keep us happy, they delay mental and physical decline, which results in a longer life. Another interesting finding as well from this study:
In Love with the Ordinary
I love this:
But what people care deeply about and cherish and talk to their therapists most about and fall madly in love with you over is actually your particular combination of ordinary.
The longer I live the longer I see this true in my own life. I’ll give you a very, very personal example:
How It Really, Really Is.
I found this to be very useful (and it’s entirely true):
Mario Propaganda Posters
These are epic:
Vlogging with Virb 360…?
My brother recently got a new 360 VR camera via Garmin called Virb 360. You can see a number of his tests below:
Repeat is to Learn
The power of being reminded. Is it a bit meta to be reminding you about the power of being reminded (which is all about repetition)?
I dunno. Take a look:
Relationships Above Everything Else
I wrote a post yesterday about raising a round of venture capital for my startup which is important for two reasons, the first is the fact that it’s the first time we’ve been “officially” public about it and second because it was an opportunity to highlight a powerful principle that we all know intellectually but oftentimes forget.
I hate when that happens.