Wanted: A product where you can record the podcast you’re listening to, and instantly get it transcribed.

This is obvious and yet so rare.

Just spoke to the CEO of a $350 million company, who said: 'I won't promote somebody to a strategic leadership position unless they're a good writer.'

The most undervalued skill of our time is the ability to write.

In an analog world, talking was the main currency of communication and connection. In a digital world, there's a growing premium on the capacity to convey thoughts in text.

The pen is mightier than the spoken word.

Intellectual curiosity is one of the greatest gifts you can be born with because it basically means you’ll never be bored - David Perell

School is an anti-curiosity machine. My love for learning only began once I left the system.

Kendrick Lamar, on his writing process.

“Are they funny?” 😂

Here's my framework for how to make high-leverage decisions

The more elements on the right that are present in a proposed project, goal, initiative, or investment, the higher the odds of a good outcome

(h/t to David Perell)

This is why I always want to know how someone put together an autobiography. Often there are detailed quotes - and loads of zingers! Did they make them up, “remember them”, or write them down at the time?