Girl Scout Cookies, just like Facebook and Amazon, distort reality.

 

$800 Million worth of Girl Scout Cookies were sold in 2022.

 

Some door to door, some at pot dispensaries.

 

But not all thin mints are the same.

 

Listen to find out why.

 

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Create Multiple Realities: Facebook vs. Girl Scout Cookies

Are your standards high enough?

They were ironing the tablecloths. I could only imagine what they would do with a vegan-only menu.

 

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What A 3-Michelin Star Restaurant Can Tell You About Building Wealth

Jan was stressed. A fortune 100 executive, she had presentations to write, emails to send, conferences to attend, calls to make, and 3 days to do it all. 

She called up a friend - a mentor - and asked for advice. 

“First off, Take a deep breath” Jan’s mentor told her. “you need to move your body, and then remember one thing.”

“Whats that?” Jan Said. “the world is finite.”

“What does that even mean?” 

 

Jeff Bezos has a theory on stress that bears repeating.

 

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How Jeff Bezos Approaches Stress

The best athletes and businesspeople in the world are those who work harder and can predict the future.   What does this mean?   When he was 50 years, 11 months, and 7 days old, Phil set a record.   He won the PGA Golf Championship. And he saw it before it happened.   Ed Mylett Interviews Phil Mickelson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieCxP0xYn_o     Get my daily email here: https://ryanrossnow.substack.com/

Work Is Practice

"How do you EVEN BUY a house this expensive?"   A Fortune 100 executive asked me this as we were driving around looking at nice houses. I had thought about this a lot. The answer was simple, yet complicated.   Stronghold House:    https://www.nj.com/somerset/2015/04/marc_eckos_18m_estate_rooted_in_deep_history.html   Get my daily email here: https://ryanrossnow.substack.com/

Build Equity

How does Japan get their Panko? How does Tim Ferriss get his Pu-Ehr Tea? How does Gary Vee make social media videos? Its the same for everyone. Thing that makes the world go 'round. Sho's Panko, from Paolo in Japan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ky0YDKvGggo&vl=en   Get my daily email here: https://ryanrossnow.substack.com/

Be Predictable

You don't make caviar. You have to wait.   When you wait, you can build wealth.   A $10MM Sturgeon Farm:   https://www.wsj.com/video/the-cost-to-operate-one-of-americas-largest-sustainable-caviar-farms/1AE46026-AF01-4139-8039-CA8028355552.html

Wealth Principles #4: Wait

In this episode , we speak with Denis Shapiro, an alternative investment expert and author of The Alternative Investment Almanac. We speak with Denis about his unique approach to writing his book, and a TON about alternative investments, some i’ve never heard of such as ATM funds (yes, the cash machines). Denis defines Alternative Investments, and we discuss how he got into the industry, and investing in life insurance policies, which Warren Buffet and Bill Gates both do. We then discuss how even novices can get involved in the world of alternative investments using LINKEDIN - and he shares a novel approach to this.

 

The False Hope of Global Diversification http://bit.ly/3QZNMGI   5 tips to separate the signal from the noise: https://justbuildwealth.co/subscribe/   List of 300+ Continuing Education courses: http://bit.ly/3iBZMBE   SIH Capital: https://sihcapitalgroup.com/about/ Denis on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/denisshapiro/

 

Ep 21: Denis Shapiro, Alternative Investment Expert

You might expect Alila Ventana Big Sur to be a pretty nice hotel.   It was named one of the top 12 hotels in California. It has GLAMPING, $26 dollar avocado toast for Breakfast.   You might expect that your dog would enjoy it too. Hell - You can order your dog Swordfish and rice.   You might also expect a certain type of person to stay there. And you might be… wrong.   Shaun's Story (via course at Berkeley): https://www.creditcal.org/fullcourse

Wealth Principle #2: Create Incentives

The better you can play whack-a-mole, the more wealth you can build.

 

The dog almost peed on my shoe. It was bring your daughter to work day, and one of my partners, we’ll call him Bob, brought his 3-year old cockapoo to work.

 

But that was just the beginning. 

 

 

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