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Bill Ackman went on a fishing trip in the Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. His guide was so impressive that Ackman offered him a job at Pershing Square — one of the world's most powerful hedge funds. The only condition: read 12 books before your first day. Here are those 12 books. And why Ackman swears by them. 🧵

Charlie Munger was a philosopher who's net worth was $2.6 billion. In 1986, he gave a speech teaching how to guarantee a miserable life. Most heard the comedy. Few caught the framework. 50 years later, it's the most underrated tool in self-help. Here's the move: 🧵

This 2 hour Harvard interview with Lee Kuan Yew, the man who turned Singapore from a tiny island into one of the richest nations on Earth, will teach you more about leadership, discipline, and nation-building than most business books ever will.

Godfather of AI: "If you sleep well tonight, you may not have understood this lecture." This 47-minute lecture is the best thing I saw about AI in the last few months. It will definitely help you understand how it actually works and where it's going. Geoffrey Hinton built the neural networks behind every AI alive, then quit Google to warn the world about it. The part nobody wanted to hear: > AI is already developing abilities its creators didn't intend > in most cognitive tasks it's already ahead of us > the question is no longer if it surpasses us but when > the only decision left is which side of that line you're on Right now the average person opens Claude, types something, gets an answer, closes the tab. They think they're using AI. they're using maybe 10% of it. I went through his entire lecture, built a practical system from what he was describing. 18 steps to actually use Claude the right way, with copy-paste prompts that work today. Full guide in the post below.

Amazing books. François Pinault was mocked for being poor, dropped out at 16, and built his first fortune rolling up timber companies. Then he bought Gucci, Saint Laurent and Bottega Veneta.

In 2007, Stanford's Joel Peterson gave a 68-minute masterclass on negotiation under pressure. Most operators negotiate from desperation. His frameworks: - "Don't get in that position" - The unempowered lieutenant - The ferret brand 12 lessons:

The King of Cash He turned broken hotels, failing insurers, and cheap oil rigs into billions. His own son described him in three lines: 1. An uncanny ability to find undervalued assets. 2. A contrarian who really believes he is right. 3. Content to let cash sit and wait.

A hedge fund manager put $400 million into Tesla and held it for years, that position is now worth over $6 billion in this interview you'll hear how a man who started with $100,000 turned it into $55 billion under management, why he says "I was betting on Elon Musk when most people bet against him" Bookmark & Watch it today. Then read the post below ↓

Goldman Sachs rejected him for partner, he quit, started with $3 million, and built a fund that made $7 billion in a single year then he bought his former boss's $43.5 million beach house - and demolished it. Built one twice the size in its place Bookmark & Watch it. Then read the post below - a hedge fund manager called a $5 billion company "the best managed pyramid scheme in history" ↓

8 POWERFUL LESSONS FROM THE BOOK "TAKE NOTHING PERSONALLY" - Psychology Thread -

@elonmusk Exactly 🎯

Accurate

Elon Musk: "If you punish people too much for failure, then they will respond accordingly, and the innovation you will get will be very incrementalist Nobody's gonna try anything bold for fear of getting fired or being punished in some way. So risk-reward must be balanced and favor taking bold moves, otherwise it will not happen"

The Most Dangerous Men in History Barely Spoke... Here is why: A thread 📌

"In my whole life, I have known no wise people (over a broad subject matter area) who didn't read all the time -- none, zero." - Charlie Munger Here's the Berkshire Hathaway Reading List (according to Kanbrick):

How To FVCK Any WOMAN: 1. Get her on a date

The Millionaires’ Factory A small Australian bank built one of the most profitable infrastructure empires in the world If you drive on toll roads, fly through airports, use power grids or invest through pension funds, you’ve probably touched their business.

Goldman Sachs banker on how to succeed in high finance.

In 1987, Bezos discovered "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro. The story of a butler's lifetime of regret struck him like lightning. It became the foundation of Bezos's philosophy of decision making. Regret is prison. Leave no regrets. That’s how empires are built.