“What 13 Highly Successful People Like Warren Buffett and Donald Trump Read Every Morning”?

I’ll be damned. Most of the most successful entrepreneurs in the USA don’t follow my advice. Judging from this article on Entrepreneur.com, most of the big shots spend the first hour or two of their days reading news and checking email.

I guess when you’re a billionaire you can do anything you want. But they’d be happier and more productive if they reserved that precious part of the day for something that actually matters – like working on a project that their grandkids would be proud of. (“Grandpa was amazing. He used to read five newspapers every morning.” “Grandma was a stud. She sorted through 150 emails every day before nine o’clock!”)

Unless your career depends on being up to date on the news, trying to stay “on top of” what’s happening is largely a waste of time. (I know you don’t agree. When you are my age, you’ll understand.) And email? 80% of it is other people asking you to do their business.

I’ve been saying this for 20 years: The two things you should NOT do first thing in the morning are reading the news and answering emails. What you should do is devote that crucial part of the day to advancing an important-but-not-urgent goal.

One thing, though, that the big shots do (according to the Entrepreneur.com article) that I’ve recommended is wake up early. Most of them are at work by six am. Early to bed, early to rise, makes you healthy, wealthy, and wise.

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“Our choices in entertainment – the sort of books we read and the movies we go to – say more about us than we would like to admit.” – Michael Masterson

 

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synecdoche (noun) 

Synecdoche (sih-NEK-duh-kee) is a figure of speech in which the part is used for the whole. A few examples: the head for cattle, wheels for the car, hands for individuals, suits for businessmen.

 

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“Tarantino Punches the Damn Dirty Hippies” in Taki’s Magazine

Immediately after watching Tarantino’s latest – “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” – I wasn’t sure what I thought about it. There were parts that I liked and admired, but the plot was weak. It dragged a little. But it got me thinking. And when a movie gets me thinking, it usually means I end up admiring it. That’s what happened with this one.

I was going to write a review of it but came across this review that says all of what I was going to say and more. LINK

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