I think the first one has to be something around growth, mine set and a sense of agency that if i want to morrow to be better, then it is day. And there's no hopelessness, i will overcome whatever it is providing that initial activation energy for my number two. I really have a fundamental belief that when business is done well, it benefits everyone. When it's done well, with a long term horizon, with wind, wind relationships across all o those constituents, that it is a force for good. That capitalis allows that to happen. But this idea that the free market is not the singular best system for if you want to advance human society, i'm certainly
Jake Taylor is the CEO of Farnam Street Investments and author of the book ‘The Rebel Allocator’, a book that help readers make better investment and business decisions. You can find Jake on Twitter at https://twitter.com/farnamjake1 and get his book from https://www.amazon.com/Rebel-Allocator-Jacob-Taylor/dp/173268832X Show Notes:
- Iron Law of Economic Survival
- Trade-offs between profit and brand
- Capturing intangible value
- Products as signalling devices
- Journalytic — Getting better at decision making
- Reducing the friction around journalling
- Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey
- Shortening the brain’s feedback loop
- The Great Reshuffle
- The Thinker and The Prover
- Cheng versus Ch'i
- Plato’s cave analogy for business decision making
- What makes a good decision maker?
Books Mentioned:
- The Rebel Allocator; by Jake Taylor
- The Wealthy Barber; by Dave Chilton
- The Nature of Value; by Nick Gogerty
- The Genius of the Beast; by Howard Bloom
- Happy; by Derren Brown