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🎙 What was the #1 podcast of the year:
- It's that time of year. All the end of year summaries / rewinds / wraps. The one that shocked me was my podcast, "Kevin Stock Radio". It's not something I've spent much time on, but the episode on High Protein Diets had listeners in 47 countries and 140k downloads - by far the top episode of the year. I still think the article is better, but since it is long (it did take 9 months to write!) I can see how listening makes it more accessible.
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🕢 What most billionaires would trade all their cash for:
- It's usually around this time of the year that I spend some time thinking about time. I tend to be very future oriented, and have to make conscious effort to live in the present, enjoy the moment, and not get caught up on arriving at a destination but enjoying the journey. One of my favorite financial writers hammered this idea home in a great article on how almost all "Money Billionaires" would trade their cash to be a "Time Billionaire."
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🖊 What does your user manual say:
- I love the idea of people having user manuals. In life we often have to learn what someone's user manual is the hard way. For example, imagine your significant other venting about a problem. If you are like me, your impulse might be to solve that problem. But over time (and many fights) you find out that's not
what they really want. Their user manual (written or unwritten) says, "When I bring you problems I don't want you to solve them, I just want you to listen." At the top of my user manual would be a statement about time. I respect this precious resource perhaps more than anything. So I am rarely late as I would never want to disrespect someone's time, and I expect the same in return. When I book something in the calendar, it's sacred to me, so I don't tend to work well with
people that have more laissez faire attitudes with time. Constant last minute rescheduling, being late, missing appointments drive me up the wall. Not that it's wrong to be lax with time (they probably have a much easier time enjoying the present moment!), it's just good to know upfront about how to best work together. What's in your user manual?
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📜 What a Nobel Laureate advised his son:
- Rudyard Kipling, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1907, penned a few short stanzas of life advice to his son.
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much...
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🧠 What quote I've been thinking about:
"Don't wish your life away."
– My Dad, anytime I'd wish an event in the future were already here
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💲 What is too risky not to own:
- Over the last 170 years MassMutual has become a behemoth insurance company by mastering the art of managing risk. They are getting $100M worth of bitcoin. It's now risky not to own it.
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🛠 What cool tools I wish I knew about earlier:
- Two weeks ago we were trying to figure out how to do a Secret Santa. Only if I'd known Roboclaus would have done it all for us.
- You know all those lists you've made and lost this year, like what books you wanted to read, movies to watch. This is your all-in-one bookmark and list saver.
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As always, it's an absolute pleasure and an honor getting to spend some time with you, hope you have a great weekend!
Kevin
P.S.
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