Fifty years of essays on wealth, business, art, and the art of living well. Every week, Mark shares one thoughtful, unvarnished dispatch from a life spent building companies, collecting paintings, writing books, and paying attention.
New writing every week — the latest six dispatches.
What the heck is going on in France? According to Macron’s government and The New York Times, it’s been a few weeks of protest about underfunded high schools and…
In a recent Substack essay – “Four Direct, Reasonable, and Important AI Questions (Which the AI People Will Ignore)” – Freddie deBoer, my favorite Atheist/Socialist, criticized those in…
I’ve been to Japan six or seven times, beginning sometime in the mid-1980s. And after all those visits, there is something about the country I still don’t quite…
For the second time in two years, Professor Fujii, one of the featured speakers at our conference in Tokyo, invited Sean, Nicole, me, and a handful of people…
I came back to Tokyo this week after being away for almost exactly a year. A year isn’t very long for a city that has been around for…
A few more impressions of Seoul, after several more days of walking and driving around the city… * Koreans are noticeably more outgoing than the Japanese. They smile…
Twelve threads Mark returns to, week after week.
Wealth building, portfolio allocation, and financial independence.
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Forty years of lessons on starting, growing, and exiting companies.
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Running the company you've built — systems, people, and growth.
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Direct-response copywriting, positioning, and the art of the sales message.
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Contrarian takes on inflation, markets, and macro forces reshaping America.
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Articles on policy, civic life, and the forces shaping how we govern ourselves.
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Manners, civility, technology, and the fraying of the American fabric.
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Jiu-jitsu, sleep, longevity — the quiet disciplines of a well-lived body.
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Planning, habits, and mental frameworks that actually move the needle.
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Long-form dispatches from cities, cultures, and experiences worth the journey.
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Articles on art, literature, bourbon, and the curious corners of a full life.
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This is a documentary we made a few years ago about the history of Rancho Santana, which is now nearly 30 years old
Four stories that I’m guessing you missed if you rely on the mainstream media for your news… Was Over-Reliance on Renewables Behind the Catastrophic…
From Sara Teasdale: “I make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes.”
Practical wisdom on wealth, business, and the art of living.
