On April 19, 2022, Netflix told the world it lost 200,000 subscribers. The stock dropped by a third in one day. Fifty billion dollars of shareholder value just vanished. But how do you even put a price tag on a company in the first place?
Chapters 17 and 18 are about building muscle with the absolute minimum amount of gym time. Two exercises per workout. One set each. Less than 30 minutes a week in the gym. Ferriss calls it Occam’s Protocol, after Occam’s Razor - the idea that the simplest explanation is usually the correct one.
Chapters 17 and 18 are about building muscle with the absolute minimum amount of gym time. Two exercises per workout. One set each. Less than 30 minutes a week in the gym. Ferriss calls it Occam’s Protocol, after Occam’s Razor - the idea that the simplest explanation is usually the correct one.
For most of human history, money meant metal. Gold coins. Silver coins. Paper notes that you could walk into a bank and trade for actual gold. Then in 1971, a US president went on television and changed everything. Money became just paper. Backed by nothing but trust.
For most of human history, money meant metal. Gold coins. Silver coins. Paper notes that you could walk into a bank and trade for actual gold. Then in 1971, a US president went on television and changed everything. Money became just paper. Backed by nothing but trust.
Henderson is in Phoenix, Arizona. He calls a real estate agent named William. They go see two properties. The first one is ideal. Nice finishes, good floor plan, easy to resell later. The second one is a dump.
“Sure, we are losing money on every unit we sell. But we will make it up in volume!” That famous line is sometimes a joke about startup founders. And sometimes it is a real business strategy. How do you know which one you are dealing with?
This chapter is where Tim Ferriss makes claims that most people will immediately call BS on. Gaining 34 pounds of muscle in 28 days? While losing fat? With only four hours of total gym time?
This chapter is where Tim Ferriss makes claims that most people will immediately call BS on. Gaining 34 pounds of muscle in 28 days? While losing fat? With only four hours of total gym time?
In the summer of 1972, the Soviet Union pulled off one of the most audacious trades in the history of commodity markets. They bought almost a third of America’s wheat supply. And almost nobody noticed until it was too late.