ABOUT THIS EPISODE
A farming habit repeats the same action for a return you can count on. A hunting habit keeps time open for whatever opportunity shows up, and the stories of Jesse Livermore, Ronald Wayne, Andre Geim and Sara Blakely show what each one costs and buys.
Featuring: Jesse Livermore, Stu Ungar, Carl Fisher, Ronald Wayne, Kenny Chow, Alvah Roebuck, Andre Geim, Steve Wozniak, Sara Blakely
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Chapters:
(00:00) Farming habits and hunting habits
(00:20) Jesse Livermore and Stu Ungar
(01:11) Carl Fisher
(01:45) Ronald Wayne and Kenny Chow
(02:43) Alvah Roebuck
(03:25) Andre Geim
(04:00) Steve Wozniak and Sara Blakely
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IN THIS EPISODE
TRANSCRIPT 🔗
That's what a farming habit does: you repeat the same action for a return you can count on.
Deep work is my hunting habit. Each morning I give 2.5 hours to whatever matters most that day.
The hours stay fixed. What fills them changes.
Jesse Livermore focused on hunting. He made his living betting on where stock prices would go.
Edwin Lefèvre tells the story of his early years in Reminiscences of a Stock Operator.
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