Unofficial notes from people smarter than me
Supported by Greenhaven Road Capital, finding value off the beaten path. It’s Super Bowl week and what better way to celebrate that dig into the thinking behind one of the coaches (and general manager) at the game? The posts this week come from this short book. In my readings there were five big ideas that … Continue reading “Belichick – Seek counterfactuals”
Supported by Greenhaven Road Capital, finding value off the beaten path. It’s Super Bowl week and what better way to celebrate that dig into the thinking behind one of the coaches (and general manager) at the game? The posts this week come from this short book. In my readings there were five big ideas that … Continue reading “Belichick -Argue well”
Supported by Greenhaven Road Capital, finding value off the beaten path. It’s Super Bowl week and what better way to celebrate that dig into the thinking behind one of the coaches (and general manager) at the game? The posts this week come from this short book. In my readings there were five big ideas that … Continue reading “Belichick – Top-down support”
Supported by Greenhaven Road Capital, finding value off the beaten path. It’s Super Bowl week and what better way to celebrate that dig into the thinking behind one of the coaches (and general manager) at the game? The posts this week come from this short book. In my readings there were five big ideas that … Continue reading “Belichick – pattern recognition”
In the first post on Bill Belichick I noted that it was part of a larger work in progress. That work is done. It’s an e-book available on Amazon.com – free from October 12 through October 15. It’s shortish, about 7,000 words, and looks at five red team tools that Bill Belichick uses. Inversion. Turn the … Continue reading “Red Teaming like Bill Belichick”
My complete thoughts on Belichick are available on Amazon. This post is part one of five. Inversion Pattern recognition Top-down support Argue well Seek counterfactuals Drawing on inspiration from David Halberstam’s The Education of a Coach we’ll look at how Bill Belichick prepares by red teaming, specifically the act of inversion. Red teaming is the creation, … Continue reading “Bill Belichick (invert, always invert)”
Supported by Greenhaven Road Capital, finding value off the beaten path. Seinfeld the show and Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld the writers, succeeded because of talent, luck, and culture. In her book, Seinfeldia, Jennifer Keishin Armstrong takes us to the set, through the history, and into once in a lifetime experience. What are the chances … Continue reading “Seinfeldia”
Supported by Greenhaven Road Capital, finding value off the beaten path. Austen Allred joined David Perell to talk about Lambda School. Come to school for free and then pay us back a part of your salary for a set period of time. The repayment dollars and days are limited. Lambda School is a great idea, … Continue reading “Austen Allred”
Supported by Greenhaven Road Capital, finding value off the beaten path. We’ve written about Mike Lombardi three times. First in 2015, about his podcast with Shane Parrish. Again in 2017, summarizing some ideas from the GM Street podcast. Lastly, when he sat on an MIT Sloan Panel that implored NFL coaches to PLEASE STOP PUNTING. … Continue reading “Mike Lombardi”
Supported by Greenhaven Road Capital, finding value off the beaten path. Charlan Nemeth’s conversation with Russ Roberts has, like a sledgehammer, both broken and reinforced an idea we cling to and trust; good arguments. Andy Grove wrote, “we developed a style of ferociously arguing with one another while remaining friends (we call this “constructive confrontation”).” Michael … Continue reading “Charlan Nemeth”
