Shane Parrish has become an unlikely guru for Wall Street
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Re: Shane Parrish has become an unlikely guru for Wall Street
#2"Reading is a way to consume people’s experiences, to learn something timeless and then apply it to your life.”
Any experiences on Farnam street learning community, cited in this article?
Re: Shane Parrish has become an unlikely guru for Wall Street
#3Farnham Street is an entertaining read, but the problem I have with it is that owner is compiling all this wisdom, these great techniques for life, and he's er, running a website about compiling wisdom and great techniques for life.
I guess at some level if this information was so valuable he'd have leveraged it into something even more powerful. Kind of like the people that, rather than (say) investing in real estate spend all their time teaching people how to invest in real estate.
Maybe the deciding factor isn't the advice, but the person?
Re: Shane Parrish has become an unlikely guru for Wall Street
#4Farnham Street is an entertaining read, but the problem I have with it is that owner is compiling all this wisdom, these great techniques for life, and he's er, running a website about compiling wisdom and great techniques for life. I guess at some level if this information was so valuable he'd have leveraged it into something even more powerful. Kind of like the people that, rather than (say) investing in real estat…
I read FS regularly for months, but eventually had to give up on it because it started to feel like one big regurgitated self-help book. Maybe he really wants to talk to interesting people and this is his way of doing it, but to me it seems like mostly just noise.
Re: Shane Parrish has become an unlikely guru for Wall Street
#5The Laws of Human Nature by Robert Greene is one of the books cited in the article—probably more valuable than the FS blog - https://amzn.to/2FjVASG
Re: Shane Parrish has become an unlikely guru for Wall Street
#6Farnham Street is an entertaining read, but the problem I have with it is that owner is compiling all this wisdom, these great techniques for life, and he's er, running a website about compiling wisdom and great techniques for life. I guess at some level if this information was so valuable he'd have leveraged it into something even more powerful. Kind of like the people that, rather than (say) investing in real estat…
Those who know dont tell and those that tell dont know. You bet your ass if I ever find a sure fire, easily repeatable money making system Im not telling a soul.
Re: Shane Parrish has become an unlikely guru for Wall Street
#7"Reading is a way to consume people’s experiences, to learn something timeless and then apply it to your life.” Any experiences on Farnam street learning community, cited in this article?
The forum can be quite dead at times, if you check it once a week, there will always be something interesting to read/discussion posts to participate in. Just that itself, I would not say is worth the $150 a year (he does not do monthly). I have not attended any of the events or meetups, found a mentor, or participated in the book club, so I can't comment on that stuff.
The thing that makes it most valuable to me, and I'm probably in the minority, is the "curated list of knowledge" (various books, thought papers, academic pieces) and the additional exclusive emails. I constantly find interesting and thought provoking articles, speeches, interviews, etc. I think that part itself is worth the $150 a year.
Re: Shane Parrish has become an unlikely guru for Wall Street
#8Farnham Street is an entertaining read, but the problem I have with it is that owner is compiling all this wisdom, these great techniques for life, and he's er, running a website about compiling wisdom and great techniques for life. I guess at some level if this information was so valuable he'd have leveraged it into something even more powerful. Kind of like the people that, rather than (say) investing in real estat…
I read FS regularly for months, but eventually had to give up on it because it started to feel like one big regurgitated self-help book. Maybe he really wants to talk to interesting people and this is his way of doing it, but to me it seems like mostly just noise.
I had to unsubscribe as well...
Re: Shane Parrish has become an unlikely guru for Wall Street
#9The podcast is really good. I follow him there using Google Podcast. Highly recommended.
Re: Shane Parrish has become an unlikely guru for Wall Street
#10Farnham Street is an entertaining read, but the problem I have with it is that owner is compiling all this wisdom, these great techniques for life, and he's er, running a website about compiling wisdom and great techniques for life. I guess at some level if this information was so valuable he'd have leveraged it into something even more powerful. Kind of like the people that, rather than (say) investing in real estat…
I read FS regularly for months, but eventually had to give up on it because it started to feel like one big regurgitated self-help book. Maybe he really wants to talk to interesting people and this is his way of doing it, but to me it seems like mostly just noise.
Same here. At first it was the unique "angle" that draw me. Then progressively it became repetitive.