August 2, 1990. One hundred thousand Iraqi soldiers cross the border into Kuwait. Within hours, the small oil-rich country is occupied. Within three months, oil prices double. Chapter 14 of Torsten Dennin’s “From Tulips to Bitcoins” tells the story of how a debt dispute between neighbors turned into the biggest oil shock since the 1970s.
August 2, 1990. One hundred thousand Iraqi soldiers cross the border into Kuwait. Within hours, the small oil-rich country is occupied. Within three months, oil prices double. Chapter 14 of Torsten Dennin’s “From Tulips to Bitcoins” tells the story of how a debt dispute between neighbors turned into the biggest oil shock since the 1970s.
Henderson opens the final chapter from a muddy car ride in Montenegro. He is furniture shopping for his new beach apartment in Kotor Bay with a general contractor named Anka. They are debating white sofas. He jokes about reckless tourists. She offers him a mint. For a second he wonders if she is making a move. She is not. She is just extremely good at her job.
Your manager writes “Fantastic work!” at the top of his email. You feel great for about three seconds. Then you open the attached document and see a bloodbath of red tracked changes. Entire paragraphs crossed out. New text everywhere. Maybe ten of your original words survived. So which is it – fantastic or terrible?
A spine surgeon who works with NHL and NFL teams told Tim Ferriss his degenerating cervical discs were something he’d “just need to live with.” Then he smiled, which made it worse.
A spine surgeon who works with NHL and NFL teams told Tim Ferriss his degenerating cervical discs were something he’d “just need to live with.” Then he smiled, which made it worse.
Henderson is standing on a stage in Cancun, Mexico. It is January 2016. He is at his own conference called Passport to Freedom. And he is telling the audience he is done. No more conferences.
“Every moron could buy a printing press, everything might be better than paper money.” That is Nelson Bunker Hunt explaining why he bet the family fortune on silver. Chapter 13 of Torsten Dennin’s “From Tulips to Bitcoins” tells the story of the Hunt brothers, two Texas oil heirs who tried to corner the global silver market. They almost pulled it off. And then they lost everything in a single day.
“Every moron could buy a printing press, everything might be better than paper money.” That is Nelson Bunker Hunt explaining why he bet the family fortune on silver. Chapter 13 of Torsten Dennin’s “From Tulips to Bitcoins” tells the story of the Hunt brothers, two Texas oil heirs who tried to corner the global silver market. They almost pulled it off. And then they lost everything in a single day.
You used to play guitar in a band. If you nailed your part, that was on you. Nobody else could do it for you, and nobody else could take that away. Then you became a manager. And suddenly your success depended entirely on what other people did. Welcome to the most jarring transition in any career.