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Vacation is hospice for healthy people.

I don’t believe in vacations. I believe in rejuvenating retreat.

I believe deep work trips.

I believe in conquest.

I believe in adventurous exploration.

Capital, branding, marketing, traffic , ideas are all abundant today in the USA.

550,000 new businesses open in the US each month.

We touch our phones an average of 2600 times a day.

US Angel investment market grew from $17B in 2009 to $24B now.

The only scarce thing is time.

If you are building your life around me-time, you will feel something major is missing.

People who have fewer than 4 people in their close support network double their chance of cardiac death, and low quantity and quality of social ties have been linked to high blood pressure, impaired immunity, and inflammations. (FISCHBACH, Princeton University)

#greatleaders

From: Dan Gilbert
To: All Company
Subject: The most basic thing we do…

Good Afternoon:

We do great things here.
We grow every day.
We hire more great people.
We grow again.

Once basic thing we have preached since your very first day here is:

WE RETURN ALL PHONE CALLS TO EVERYONE EVERY TIME.

It has come to my attention lately, that some of you have CHOSEN to ignore this most basic philosophy. To cast aside the very DNA this organization is built on.

Some of you have chosen to ARROGANTLY to take and destroy this company’s great reputation single handedly.

Let me make it perfectly clear to those who think they can work here, get paid by this company, and in essence DESTROY OUR REPUTATION AND JOBS by deciding you just “don’t care” …

YOU CANNOT AND WILL NOT WORK HERE ANYMORE. Period.

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There are probably more Rang Rovers in Dearborn Heights, MI than in Solihull, UK.

An expansive study published in Nature Human Behavior Journal, that included a sample of 1.7 million people, concluded:

“In America, for daily emotional well-being, the sweet spot is an annual income of $65,000-$95,000, and for long-term satisfaction that number is $105,000”

More importantly:

“People were likely to see decreased happiness if they achieved more than the optimal income for long-term satisfaction, partially due to a phenomenon described as the “hedonic treadmill”, in which people adjust to increases in income.”

Every biological male is a female with an early, transforming-enough dose of testosterone.

I find the statement: “To be unrestricted by the location of the studs, you will need several good quality anchors” to be metaphorical of life.

This is how history should look like:

1791 – 2nd Amendment
1862- machine gun invented
1863 – 2nd Amendment repealed

Toxic habits in relationships:
1. Scorecard
2. Hints
3. Blackmailing using commitment to relationship
4. Blaming partner for own emotions
5. Jealousy
6. Using money or trips to solve problems
7. Expecting happiness
8. Expecting pleasure
9. Expecting traditional roles
10. Adhering to Stereotypes