Short Read: The Secret to Surviving Cancer Isn't Meditation

Caitlin Flanagan | 10 minutes

Are you someone who enjoys the unsolicited opinions of strangers and acquaintances? If so, I can’t recommend cancer highly enough. You won’t even have the first pathology report in your hands before the advice comes pouring in. Laugh and the world laughs with you; get cancer and the world can’t shut its trap.

Snippets

Broadly, there are five buckets that talented people should start companies around: energy, education, housing, healthcare, and transportation.

- David Perell, What Should You Work On?

In observing friends who’ve sold startups and made millions: After one year, they’re back to toying with their old side projects. They used their money to buy a nice home and eat well. That’s it.

- Julian Shapiro, Personal Values - How to Choose a Career

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