Essays, notes, and reflections.https://rosszeiger.com/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/5-common-sense-security-measures/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/5-common-sense-security-measures/1: Get a Credit Freeze. If you’re a US citizen or resident with a social security number, this is the lowest hanging fruit for you. A credit freeze according to the FTC restricts access to your credit...Thu, 27 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/4-ways-to-avoid-ads-online/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/4-ways-to-avoid-ads-online/1: Use Brave Browser Brave is a Chromium based browser meaning it’s based on the same foundation as Google’s Chrome, which is currenlty the most used brwoser in the world and which means it’s highly c...Thu, 27 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/17-years-of-marketing-advice-in-46-mins-by-sabri-suby/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/17-years-of-marketing-advice-in-46-mins-by-sabri-suby/Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hASHO5ap1Sw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hASHO5ap1Sw Sabri: has made $7.8b for thousands of clients in hundreds of country over the past 17 years. Market...Tue, 25 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/a-miserable-bus-ride/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/a-miserable-bus-ride/Normally, I enjoy taking public transportation. There is something about it that feels good. It’s economical, it’s efficient, it feels safe and relaxing. I don’t have to worry about parking or fueling...Wed, 21 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/accommodating-my-sick-dog/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/accommodating-my-sick-dog/A few days ago, my dog Elvis had his spleen removed. As a result, he isn’t supposed to be active and he definitely cannot jump or else it’ll tear his stitches. Because of this, we blocked the couch th...Thu, 15 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/all-in-ep-167-notes/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/all-in-ep-167-notes/Nvidia had record earnings in Q4 2023 with $22B of revenue. Massive growth over the last few years. Stock popped and the market cap gained $270B in one day. Chamath: When companies are too profitable,...Sat, 24 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/7-steps-to-internationalize-yourself/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/7-steps-to-internationalize-yourself/Step 1: Get a passport. If you don’t have that, well, you’re stuck in whatever country you’re from and your options are super limited. Even if you don’t plan to travel or move internationally, it’s wi...Thu, 27 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/all-in-171-show-notes/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/all-in-171-show-notes/DOJ sues Apple for anti competitive behavior in five categories. Sacks: Both Apple and the government have good points but the government has no smoking gun in this case. Friedberg: Apple makes great...Sat, 23 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/all-in-episode-166-show-notes/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/all-in-episode-166-show-notes/Show notes: Are we underestimating or overhyping AI? Friedberg: we have to see productivity gains in the application layer then meet the demand with enough computing power. Arm’s valuation has doubled...Sat, 17 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/all-in-episode-169-show-notes/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/all-in-episode-169-show-notes/Elon is suing OpenAI for starting as a nonprofit and turning into a for profit. Sacks: Elon feels like he was swindled after having donated to OpenAI as a nonprofit. The meme battle is excellent. Cham...Sat, 09 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/all-in-episode-170-show-notes/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/all-in-episode-170-show-notes/Most Based CEO Jason: CEOs seem to be getting more candid and saying what they think rather than filtering everything through a PR team. Played Jensen Huang clip saying “I hope you suffer” and Palanti...Sat, 16 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/all-in-episode-174-show-notes/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/all-in-episode-174-show-notes/Jason’s out hurt his tooth eating ribs Fridberg: Announcing All In Summit 2024 in Los Angeles September 8 10, 2024 Chamath went to an AI conference with Jonathan Ross, founder of Groq AI. Chamath: Gro...Sat, 13 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/all-in-podcast-2024-predictions/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/all-in-podcast-2024-predictions/Each year the besties make predictions on where the world is heading politically and economically. Here are my notes on their predictions: All in Prediction Pod: Biggest Political Winner of 2024: Sack...Sat, 06 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/all-in-podcast-episode-156-show-notes/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/all-in-podcast-episode-156-show-notes/Show notes: Besties discuss the Apple Vision Pro. Friedberg mentions the huge potential he sees for training and on the job augmentation. Chamath expresses concern for the younger generation who is su...Sat, 10 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/all-in-show-notes-april-19-2024/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/all-in-show-notes-april-19-2024/Google fired 28 protestors who were protesting the war in Israel/Palestine. Google is involved in a $1.2b Israeli government contract. Friedberg: On the one hand, it’s good that Google took a stand bu...Sat, 20 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/all-in-show-notes-episode-172/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/all-in-show-notes-episode-172/SBF Sentenced to 25 years in prison FTX customers lost 8 billion due to FTX fraud; no possibility of parole Sacks: SBF turned out to be an actually good investor he put money in Anthropic now worth $8...Sat, 30 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/all-in-show-notes-june-15-2024/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/all-in-show-notes-june-15-2024/Show opened with Tim, the gambler Trump Fundraiser Recap Sacks: Organized the presidential fundraiser for Trump. A whole different level of planning coordinating with Security Service and team. There...Sat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/all-in-show-notes-may-10-2024/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/all-in-show-notes-may-10-2024/Sam Altman is a guest on the episode today. Sam Altman is the former president of Y Combinator and CEO of OpenAI. When is GPT5 coming out? Sam: We take our time, it won't come out until it's ready. GP...Sat, 11 May 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/all-in-show-notes-may-17-2024/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/all-in-show-notes-may-17-2024/ChatGPT 4o is here. It’s a massive upgrade on speed, reliability, UI, cost, efficiency, and more. So many amazing examples coming out like live translating, math tutoring, note taking in Zoom calls, a...Sat, 18 May 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/all-in-show-notes-may-3-2024/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/all-in-show-notes-may-3-2024/https://youtu.be/OxbtNsenZJY?si=VZP6rvBDtP9jIrss https://youtu.be/OxbtNsenZJY?si=VZP6rvBDtP9jIrss Sheryl Sandberg is on as a guest. She talked about the sexual violence that occurred on October 7, 202...Sat, 04 May 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/anthology-of-balaji-book-notes/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/anthology-of-balaji-book-notes/How much I recommend it: 10/10 Author: Eric Jorgensen; Balaji Srinivasan My all time most read book is Eric Jorgensen’s other book called The Almanack of Naval Ravikant. This book is similar in many,...Fri, 09 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/book-of-eli/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/book-of-eli/Watched: January 4, 2024 How Strongly I Recommend It: 7/10 \ intentionally vague to not spoil\ Denzel Washington is Eli, the main character. He is a survivor in a post apocalyptic world. The film is e...Sun, 07 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/business-biographies-histories/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/business-biographies-histories/I’m currently reading Shoe Dog, the memoirs of Phil Knight, the founder of Nike. I can’t put it down. Business biographies and business histories are my favorite genre. Every single successful busines...Mon, 19 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/coming-age-of-biotech/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/coming-age-of-biotech/From the beginning of human history until about 1800, the way humans traveled didn’t change all that much. And nothing was much faster than a person could run. Whether you were on a boat, on foot, on...Thu, 27 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/conquer-the-desire/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/conquer-the-desire/This thought won’t apply to everyone. Just people who want to be happy. And the thought is to overcome the desire to be 1 at anything. I am not encouraging mediocrity or even discouraging competition....Mon, 08 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/do-less-better/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/do-less-better/“Do less, better.” Marcus Aurelius, Meditations I’m a systems and routines guy. I like to set daily habits to move to me toward a goal. But, I tend to take on too much. A pattern that has played out o...Mon, 08 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/embrace-the-dip-by-zooming-out/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/embrace-the-dip-by-zooming-out/Over the course of the past year, I’ve uploaded over 250 videos to my business’ Youtube channel and grown a small audience. Almost every day there is a trickle of new subscribers and comments. But yes...Mon, 12 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/every-company-is-a-media-company/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/every-company-is-a-media-company/In this new era, every company is a media company. Whether you are a solopreneur or a small business, and whether you’ve accepted it or not, you are a media company. You have to be if you want to be s...Thu, 15 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/expect-the-unexpected/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/expect-the-unexpected/I’ve been creating videos online for a couple years now and there is a phenomenon that all video creators have experienced which is that the videos you expect to perform well, don’t. And the videos yo...Wed, 28 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/explore-like-a-tourist/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/explore-like-a-tourist/I’ve lived in dozens of cities in my life. Whenever I arrive in a new place, I start exploring it. I try as many restaurants as I can, I go to all the parks, I see the major sights. But what inevitabl...Mon, 19 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/fallout-amazon-prime-series-review/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/fallout-amazon-prime-series-review/How much I recommend it: 8/10 Over a decade ago, as a high schooler, I played the game Fallout on Xbox 360. It’s set in an apocalyptic world with radioactive creatures, underground vaults to explore,...Tue, 23 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/fix-the-toilet/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/fix-the-toilet/For the last two months, a toilet in my house has had a problem. After flushing, the water continued to run. It’s small enough that I didn’t call a plumber but big enough to be annoying. I gave a few...Sat, 10 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/flatliners-movie-review/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/flatliners-movie-review/How much I’d recommend it: 8/10 Plot w/ spoiler: A medical student persuades her friends to perform an experiment on her which involves stopping her heart for a minute to allow her enter the afterlife...Tue, 06 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/from-idea-to-launch-the-flexibilty-of-being-a-solopreneur/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/from-idea-to-launch-the-flexibilty-of-being-a-solopreneur/This morning, I woke up with an idea for turning an old lead magnet into a paid product. I made some updates to the product, set up a landing page, added a checkout button, recorded a VSL, and no more...Fri, 23 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/how-to-invest-by-net-worth/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/how-to-invest-by-net-worth/This is the blueprint I would give to 18 year old me to become a billionaire within a few decades. It's a framework I wrote in a Notion doc about a year ago and is by no means a prescription for anyon...Wed, 24 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/how-to-run-an-llm-ai-chatbot-locally-on-your-computer/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/how-to-run-an-llm-ai-chatbot-locally-on-your-computer/Here's a simple and quick tutorial to install and run an open source LLM AI Chatbot on your computer's hard drive. Note: these instructions are for MacOS and Linux no Windows option at the time of wri...Wed, 14 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/how-to-win-the-game-of-youtube-video-notes/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/how-to-win-the-game-of-youtube-video-notes/Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KNtxkKzb8Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KNtxkKzb8Y My notes from watching How to Win the Game of Youtube by MagnatesMedia Youtube is like a video game;...Fri, 05 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/i-m-going-to-start-writing-daily/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/i-m-going-to-start-writing-daily/Yesterday, I listened to an outstanding TED Talk that has me feeling inspired to start writing daily. It’s this one by Mathew Dicks, a professional storyteller: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7p329Z...Sun, 11 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/i-m-playing-video-games-again/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/i-m-playing-video-games-again/I used to love video games. Thinking back on it, much of my social life in my teenage years revolved around playing Halo or Call of Duty or some other game at my friends’ houses. Then, in college, I g...Mon, 26 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/independence/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/independence/There is a commonality with the people I admire the most: they are independent. They aren’t consultants or bankers or government contractors or soldiers. They aren’t people with ‘normal’ careers. They...Fri, 16 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/infinity-pool-movie-review/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/infinity-pool-movie-review/How much I recommend it: 7/10 This one is trippy, dark, and thought provoking. A couple, James and Em, are vacationing on a fictional remote island. The resort they are staying at is isolated from the...Sun, 25 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/inputs-not-outcomes/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/inputs-not-outcomes/New Year's Resolutions and goals in general should be based on inputs, not outcomes. Outcome Based Goals vs. Inputs For most my life I've set outcome based goals, for example: "Run a 17 minute 5k." "L...Sat, 06 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/inspiration-can-be-deceiving/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/inspiration-can-be-deceiving/Listening to Lex Fridman’s interview with Pieter Levels right now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFtjKbXKqbg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFtjKbXKqbg Pieter is awesome, I’ve followed his work for...Wed, 21 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/it-s-not-about-the-eiffel-tower/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/it-s-not-about-the-eiffel-tower/A few weeks ago, I met a hero of mine, Derek Sivers: https://youtu.be/ao6iLiFXqxQ https://youtu.be/ao6iLiFXqxQ He said something that has stuck with me. He said that when he travels, he doesn’t care a...Tue, 27 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/it-s-objectively-simple/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/it-s-objectively-simple/What stands between me right now and the best possible version of myself is objectively simple. Not easy. In fact, it's really hard. But it's simple. What I mean is that everyone knows objectively wha...Mon, 19 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/it-takes-discipline-to-be-a-modern-human/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/it-takes-discipline-to-be-a-modern-human/I have no nostalgia for the past this is objectively the greatest time to be alive. The last few decades are the first time in known history where the leading cause of death isn’t famine, disease, or...Fri, 09 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/it-was-a-lesson/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/it-was-a-lesson/Remember these four words: It was a lesson. For any regret, any missed opportunity, any pain from the past whatsoever: It was a lesson. But it’s only a lesson if something was learned. Most of my regr...Mon, 05 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/leave-the-world-behind-a-movie-review/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/leave-the-world-behind-a-movie-review/How much I recommend it: 7/10 Leave the World Behind is a Netflix film in the which cyberattackers take down the grid. Throughout the film, we are only shown one little town in rural New York but pres...Tue, 23 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/lucy-movie-review/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/lucy-movie-review/How much I recommend it: 8/10 Lucy is a sci fi thriller in which the main character played by Scarlett Johansson overdoses on a drug which causes her brain to work at max capacity and gives her all so...Sat, 20 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/master-a-one-to-many-skill/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/master-a-one-to-many-skill/My best career advice is to get obsessed with and master “one to many” skills writing, speaking, and video. In that order. Writing is the foundation. Writing pulls ideas out of your brain and brings t...Tue, 09 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/mastery-by-robert-greene/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/mastery-by-robert-greene/How much I recommend it: 9/10 Mastery by Robert Greene was exactly the book I needed at this time in my life. Mastery is finding your “life’s task”, doing an apprenticeship in that thing, then continu...Mon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/my-best-friend-almost-died-today/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/my-best-friend-almost-died-today/Last night, my best friend almost died. I had to rush my 12 year old Husky to the emergency room where they found his spleen had ruptured and he needed surgery. Thankfully, he made it through the nigh...Sun, 11 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/name-it/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/name-it/Words pull ideas out of the abstract. That’s a fancy way to say that by being able to describe something, you can bring it into existence or at least into your awareness. I’ve noticed this many times...Mon, 26 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/naval-ravikant-quotes/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/naval-ravikant-quotes/The following are all quotes from The Almanack Of Naval Ravikant, my favorite book. I re read it annually, sometimes several times. All credit to Naval: Everybody wants to get rich immediately, but th...Sat, 20 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/nocturnal-animals-movie-review/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/nocturnal-animals-movie-review/How much I enjoyed it: 6/10 A woman receives a package containing a manuscript for a book written by her ex husband. Her current husband leaves on a trip to NYC and she starts reading the manuscript....Tue, 16 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/notes-on-cal-newport-s-video-learn-any-hard-skill-in-2024-how-to-eliminate-distraction-and-master-productivity/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/notes-on-cal-newport-s-video-learn-any-hard-skill-in-2024-how-to-eliminate-distraction-and-master-productivity/Video link: https://youtu.be/dDV1bDiJSWE?si= Kpq 8vQ37Ok4iE1 https://youtu.be/dDV1bDiJSWE?si= Kpq 8vQ37Ok4iE1 These are my notes on Cal Newport’s video: Learn Any Hard Skill in 2024 How to Eliminate D...Sun, 07 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/nothing-lasts/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/nothing-lasts/Very little of what people create lasts through time and space. When we die, we are with a few exceptions forgotten within three generations. Your assets get distributed to your heirs or maybe dropped...Fri, 05 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/old-movie-review/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/old-movie-review/How Much I recommend it: 3/10 Life is too short to watch bad movies. The idea behind Old is interesting but this movie was very poorly made and I skipped forward through over half of it. The premise i...Sun, 21 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/on-being-a-mid-wit-you-are-and-what-to-do-about-it/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/on-being-a-mid-wit-you-are-and-what-to-do-about-it/There’s a meme I love called the mid wit meme. In this meme, there is a bell curve of intelligence from 55 IQ up to 145 IQ. ! image https://i.kym cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/035/645/cover4.jpg...Mon, 29 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/on-journaling/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/on-journaling/I’ve long believed that all problems both internal and external can be solved by the mind. After all, nearly everything you and I use on a daily basis has come from the human mind including the airpla...Fri, 19 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/over-do-and-over-measure-then-don-t/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/over-do-and-over-measure-then-don-t/In college, a friend of mine entered a body building contest. He went from having an average body to Greek god in six months. It was remarkable to watch him prepare. He started with a bulk where he at...Mon, 29 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/profit-first-book-notes/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/profit-first-book-notes/How much I recommend it: 10/10 I first read this book in 2020/2021 when I was running a small business. After six months of running that business, I hadn’t paid myself yet because I was “reinvesting i...Wed, 10 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/pull-the-goalie/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/pull-the-goalie/There’s a saying I heard last night that I’ve thought a lot about: Pull the Goalie. It comes from hockey and refers to a move coaches sometimes make in the final minutes of the game to pull their goal...Thu, 05 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/reptile-movie-review/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/reptile-movie-review/How much I recommend it: 6/10 The movie was decent but way too long. The movie starts with a woman getting murdered and her body discovered by her boyfriend. The rest of the film is an unraveling of w...Sun, 10 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/review-of-durante-la-tormenta/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/review-of-durante-la-tormenta/How much I recommend it: 7/10 Spanish movie that I watched in Spanish with English subtitles This movie has some Back to The Future vibes but is a psychological thriller rather than a comedy. A massiv...Tue, 16 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/run-movie-review/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/run-movie-review/How much I’d recommend it: 7/10 Complete plot w/ spoiler: This is a really creepy movie. Set in small town Pasco, Washington, a mother and her 17 year old homeschooled daughter Chloe are living togeth...Tue, 06 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/set-up-a-private-server/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/set-up-a-private-server/If you want to set up a private server, I highly recommend this tutorial by Derek Sivers: https://sive.rs/ti https://sive.rs/tiMon, 24 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/society-of-the-snow/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/society-of-the-snow/Watched: January 6, 2024 How Strongly I Recommend It: 5/10 Spanish language movie on Netflix Story of an Uruguayan rugby team who got into a plane crash en route to Chile in October 1972. Of 40 passen...Sun, 07 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/stranger-in-a-strange-land/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/stranger-in-a-strange-land/I write this from the Atlanta airport on April 4, 2024. This is my first time stepping foot in the United States since December 2022. I feel like a stranger in a strange land. In that spirit, the foll...Tue, 09 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/the-art-of-impossible-book-notes/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/the-art-of-impossible-book-notes/How much I recommend this book: 6/10 Read: August 2024 Three type of goals: 1. Massively Transformative Purpose MTP : This is your most important, lifelong, almost impossible goal. Think Elon’s “get t...Tue, 27 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/the-entrepreneur-rollercoaster-book-review/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/the-entrepreneur-rollercoaster-book-review/How strongly I recommend it: 6/10 Most of the advice in this book feels pretty generic but there was a few things that stuck out and made it worth reading. 1 Sales are your main priority in business....Wed, 10 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/the-formula-for-an-interesting-life/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/the-formula-for-an-interesting-life/Formula for an interesting life: Do interesting stuff Document Storytell Ideate and Iterate Repeat Do Interesting Stuff Interesting here means interesting to you . How to find what interests you: What...Tue, 13 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/the-hardest-part-of-a-startup-is-patience/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/the-hardest-part-of-a-startup-is-patience/I used to think that the hardest part of a startup was the sheer amount of effort it took to create something from nothing. Now, I think the hardest part is being patient. There are days where it feel...Thu, 22 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/the-lobster-movie-review/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/the-lobster-movie-review/How much I recommend it: 2/10 This is one of the weirdest movies I have ever seen. Couples are the most important thing in society. And single people get sent to a hotel. The hotel is a 45 day holding...Wed, 14 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/the-ministry-for-the-future-book-review/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/the-ministry-for-the-future-book-review/How Much I recommend it: 7/10 Wow. The opening of this novel is vivid and horrible in a disturbing way, not the quality of writing . The type of scene I’ll never forget. Set in the near future maybe 2...Tue, 09 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/the-next-era/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/the-next-era/We might be entering an era where aging becomes a thing of the past, obesity gone, where even paralysis is temporary. I recently finished the book How Innovation Works by Matt Ridley and there's an id...Tue, 23 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/the-two-triangles-of-life/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/the-two-triangles-of-life/For life satisfaction, there are three fundamental questions to address: Who am I doing life with? partner/friends Where am I living? Physical location What am I doing with my time? Profession/hobbies...Wed, 14 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/theft-of-fire-book-review/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/theft-of-fire-book-review/How much I recommend it: 5/10 By Devon Eriksen I heard about this book from a post on X, someone was asking for the best science fiction books and this title came up in several responses. It was publi...Tue, 23 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/there-are-no-hacks-there-are-no-shortcuts/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/there-are-no-hacks-there-are-no-shortcuts/Everyone wants easy. “Get Rich From Your Couch!” Everyone wants fast. “10 Minute Abs!” Everyone wants simple. “This One Trick Will Make You Happy Forever!” But, there are no hacks and there are no sho...Wed, 10 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/there-is-only-one-battle/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/there-is-only-one-battle/There is only one battle in life. It’s not me versus my enemies. It’s not me versus my friends or family. It’s not me versus the world, economy, or government. It’s not even me versus intangibles like...Sun, 11 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/three-things-i-believe-right-now/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/three-things-i-believe-right-now/Key phrase is “right now.” I’m a big believer in pivoting my beliefs and philosophies in light of new and better information. I try not to be dogmatic about anything. In my head, the best ideas must w...Tue, 13 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/today-my-dog-came-home/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/today-my-dog-came-home/Three days ago, my dog had a medical emergency and we thought we were going to lose him. Friday night, as we rushed to the vet hospital and I held him in the back of an Uber, I was prepared for that t...Tue, 13 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/value-of-a-dollar/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/value-of-a-dollar/Not all dollars are the same. They aren’t the same in how they’re earned nor in how they’re spent. Earning a Dollar Consider a dollar earned through legitimate means versus one earned illegally or imm...Tue, 06 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/video-is-my-art/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/video-is-my-art/I’ve never enjoyed art. I don’t appreciate or feel pulled toward music or drawing or painting or anything else. And I felt a bit of jealousy toward people who had a creative outlet like those. But, it...Fri, 26 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/warren-buffett-s-berkshire-hathaway-shareholder-letter-2023-notes-takeaways/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/warren-buffett-s-berkshire-hathaway-shareholder-letter-2023-notes-takeaways/Link to the letter: https://www.berkshirehathaway.com/2023ar/2023ar.pdf https://www.berkshirehathaway.com/2023ar/2023ar.pdf Opens with a tribute to the recently deceased Charlie Munger Charlie, in 196...Mon, 26 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/what-if-coffee-is-the-new-smoking/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/what-if-coffee-is-the-new-smoking/I love coffee but… what if it’s the new smoking? I know you’re sharpening your pitchfork and preparing the tar but hear me out. 50 years ago and beyond, nearly everyone smoked and doctors even went as...Mon, 19 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/whiteboarding/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/whiteboarding/Whenever I feel lost or like I don’t know what my next steps are in life or business or anything else, I whiteboard. I lock myself in my office with my whiteboard, dry erase markers, and some music. F...Wed, 21 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/write-your-story/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/write-your-story/A beautiful thing about life is none of us know where this thing is going to end up. And if you're reading these words, you still have a chance to write your story. The thing is, in this story, you ge...Fri, 22 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/your-best-work-isn-t-your-best-work/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/your-best-work-isn-t-your-best-work/Today, I published a video that I think may be my best one ever. Not only was it fun to make, it’s objectively the highest production quality video I’ve made using a nice camera and mics . I’m also pr...Wed, 14 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/your-museum/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/your-museum/At an event, they passed around cards with conversation starter questions on them. My group received one that asked, “if there was a museum about your life, what would be displayed in it?” There were...Tue, 27 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://rosszeiger.com/journal/zero-basing/https://rosszeiger.com/journal/zero-basing/Zero basing means starting from zero. The concept comes from accounting. In business and other organizations, budgets tend to continually grow or at least get neglected. That budget for the \ insert i...Sat, 20 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT