Everything we covered so far in this book was about numbers. Profit, growth, risk, cash flow, cost structures, valuation. Important stuff. But here is the thing: none of it works without people. And people are messy.
These two chapters are about male hormones and fertility. Tim opens chapter 21 with a story about a date where he was practically radiating pheromones after weeks of testosterone experiments. His date, a CEO, was climbing over him at the restaurant before bread arrived. Women across the room couldn’t stop staring. His scratches from the night healed like Wolverine.
These two chapters are about male hormones and fertility. Tim opens chapter 21 with a story about a date where he was practically radiating pheromones after weeks of testosterone experiments. His date, a CEO, was climbing over him at the restaurant before bread arrived. Women across the room couldn’t stop staring. His scratches from the night healed like Wolverine.
Henderson is walking through Siem Reap, Cambodia. He is not heading to Angkor Wat like every other tourist. He is going to the Sofitel Hotel to hear the story of a French expat who became a millionaire selling cakes.
November 25, 1973. A Sunday morning in Germany. The autobahn is completely empty. No cars. No trucks. Nothing. The country that gave the world Mercedes, BMW, and Audi, the country that has no general speed limit on its highways because people love driving that much, just banned driving on Sundays.
November 25, 1973. A Sunday morning in Germany. The autobahn is completely empty. No cars. No trucks. Nothing. The country that gave the world Mercedes, BMW, and Audi, the country that has no general speed limit on its highways because people love driving that much, just banned driving on Sundays.
Nobody wakes up in the morning and says, “Honey, today was a win. We created a million dollars of value by nudging the cost of capital down by 0.005 percent!” But somehow, every single manager in every company is connected to value creation. Chapter 10 explains how.
Yes, this is a chapter about female orgasms in a fitness book. Two chapters, actually. Chapters 19 and 20 are where Ferriss applies his usual method - find experts, test everything, report what works - to a topic most fitness authors would never touch. He does it with a straight face and detailed notes. Let’s do the same.
Yes, this is a chapter about female orgasms in a fitness book. Two chapters, actually. Chapters 19 and 20 are where Ferriss applies his usual method - find experts, test everything, report what works - to a topic most fitness authors would never touch. He does it with a straight face and detailed notes. Let’s do the same.
Henderson opens this chapter with an interview. Not just any interview. He is sitting in his home in Bogota, Colombia, talking to Michael Saylor. Yes, that Michael Saylor. The MicroStrategy guy who bought over $2 billion in Bitcoin by early 2021.