Early Retirement Extreme

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Building a publishing empire

Published in March 16th, 2024
Posted by in Strategy, Work
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Note: This is a repost of a post from 2009 or so. It’s interest how all of this still holds. I ultimately found a solution with createspace for the paperback and kindle for the ebook. This was the semi-easiest solution because they’d do roughly half the publishing work. It’s technical, but to put it in […]

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The danger of lifestyle consumption

Published in March 15th, 2024
Posted by in Strategy
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By lifestyle consumption I mean seeing lifestyle, which is a pattern of behaviors, as a product to be consumed. This product can be a book, celebrity shows and magazines, clothing, and so on. Effectually, the lifestyle is idolized and people then flock to the given lifestyle and buy into its associated behaviors. What is happening […]

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You don’t know what you don’t know

Published in March 4th, 2024
Posted by in Philosophy, Strategy
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Not knowing that you don’ know is the worst possible combination of ignorance out of the four possible cases. If you know what you don’t know, the solution is easy; look it up on the internet or ask someone. However, if you don’t know, you wouldn’t know what to ask and this in turn leaves […]

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