Happy Q2 2026!

a quarter of 2026 has already passed and its time to check on the goals you've set for yourselves this year

are you on track?

for me, i've been logging my reading goals, one of my many holistic goals this year: https://t.me/humblespace/1139

also, my Q1 curriculum was about marketing

now i have to decide on a new overarching theme for Q2 to learn more of

open to all suggestions 🙂

17 Lessons on Taking Your Intellectual Interests Seriously #BM

https://x.com/jacksondahl/status/2039045976271307239?s=20

TIL retard maxxing

https://x.com/signulll/status/2039109083748577364?s=20

don’t take your talents to the grave

https://x.com/kaliyugacowgirl/status/2039346743343485304?s=46&t=nluSw7cwYGx8zFxfoYi5Iw

None of us are easy to be with

https://substack.com/home/post/p-170369618

Da Vinci Paradox: Why the Most Productive People Feel the Most Behind

https://newsletter.thecultureexplorer.com/p/the-da-vinci-paradox-why-the-most

The importance of genetics in the adult outcomes of your children

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recommended books on fun and play in our lives

learning about fun and play and how to incorporate more into our day to day lives!
some suggested reads:
- power of fun - catherine price (true fun concept)
- sociology of fun - ben fincham (schema of fun)
- theory of flow - Csikszentmihalyi

https://t.me/c/2522076793/2094

interesting piece on how perversion creates real art

https://kaliyugacowgirl.substack.com/p/in-praise-of-the-pervert

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strength of weak ties

https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2023/07/strength-weak-ties

The Anxiety Economy: Why Trading Explodes

Anxiety Economy is an era where financial anxiety becomes the primary demand driver of an entire category of products. It’s built for people who’ve done the math and realized that playing it safe won’t get them to where they want to be.

> It is the future of trading and a lot of smart companies are building good products for that feeling.

Source: https://research.artemisanalytics.com/p/the-anxiety-economy-why-trading-explodes

should you quit your job to start a business?

if you need motivation, the answer is stay.

https://x.com/moneyfetishist/status/2039528758936207757?s=46&t=nluSw7cwYGx8zFxfoYi5Iw

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Everything is Beautiful and Everything Hurts by Josie Shapiro

picked this up in NZ airport, local author. blindly chose this based on the cover of the book because i wanted a fiction read. turned out surprisingly well!

main takeaway:
you're never too old to do what you love.

only thing that bugs me is who won the marathon? maybe it doesn't matter afterall in the end.

5/5 pleasant and easy read

[2026 NYR Reading Goal]

Total: 9/15
- Fiction: 3/8
- Non-fiction: 6/7

1. The Diary of A CEO - link
2. Purple Cow - link
3. Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop - link
4. This is Marketing - link
5. Ogilvy on Advertising - link
6. The Creative Act - link
7. The Tipping Point - link
8. The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle - link
9. Everything is Beautiful and Everything Hurts - link

i still think about this book from time to time even though it has been a week since putting it down

the scenes painted in my imagination while reading are still stuck

never thought a fiction book could do that

also think that maybe crime/mystery fiction is my new fav genre

the hollowing of the middle management and traditional corporate hierarchy

https://block.xyz/inside/from-hierarchy-to-intelligence

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