You wake up in a dark room. There is a door to your left, a door to your right, and a chest.
There's also a large man, in a cloak. "Who goes there??" He asks
You say:
"Oh shit I couldn't tell, it's so dark and cinematic in here" he replies. He offers up a chalice.
"I'm Tim, you must be the player character. Wanna drink some magic juice?" he asks.
"Damn boy you are thirsty lol" says Tim, laughing out loud. "Turn that cup over for a surprise"
You turn it over and notice the base has three buttons that let you choose the magic power you get.
Tim says "You just press the button. You don't yell the power out loud." He sounds disappointed.
You respond:
There is another door to the left labeled KEEP OUT.
Tim de-spawns in front of you. He is gone.
10 feet ahead of you, a goblin with a spear jabs at the air angrily. "Who the fuck opened the door that says KEEP OUT??"
You remember that you are still invisible.
You reply
The goblin spends the rest of his life questioning his sanity and drinking a lot (and goblins live a thousand years so it's even more fucked up)
At the end of the hall you find two doors, one green, one red.
Your invisibility turns off because you ran out of mana I guess
Paths to the left and right, a rope drops into a pit.
Your health is now low, and what's worse, unmistakable boss fight music starts to play!
The rope falls down behind you.
There is thick fog ahead of you.
You are about to do more crying when an apparition appears. It's Tim! He floats in front of you.
"It's me, Tim Cruise"
"I knew it was you, but I didn't know your whole name."
"Yeah. Sorry to interrupt the crying."
You reply:
"Wow that sucks" says Tim. He pulls out a potion. "Perhaps this health potion will help your shitty leaky eyeballs".
He hands it to you and you drink it, restoring your HP.
You say:
"The boss is a big dragon, you have to hit him with your sword a bunch. Also your armor level is zero, let's get you fixed up"
Tim removes his cloak and underwear and puts them on you.
Tim quietly says "btw it's OK to cry sometimes" and flies away.
The boss fight music grows ever louder, and now there's some cool drums intermixed too. You must be getting close.
You start to think about your life, in particular the time you
Tim Cruise, your only friend. Is he up there watching over you? Is he dead? Who knows?
You exit the fog and see a dragon, asleep.
"WHO DARES AWAKE THE FINAL BOSS DRAGON?" he bellows. The music is really cool now
"You're a bigass dragon, and I'm a guy with a sword soooooooo"
You shrug. The dragon considers what you've said, and eventually agrees that this all makes sense. He lunges toward you and bites off your left arm.
Suddenly Tim appears.
"Watch out, he's got an eye infection"
The dragon stares blankly. "the fuck did you say"
You reply
"I'm manly man who never cries but my eyeballs are sick and gross, and highly contagious. They are full of pus that looks like tears but it's not tears because I have never cried before"
The dragon lurches back, then turns and starts to flee.
"AW FUCK EWW GROSS NOO" yells the dragon, as it begins to run. But its feet are tied up!
"Aw SHIT fuck my ass" yells the majestic beast as it trips and falls on your moldy sword, stabbing itself through the heart. You have won.
You
"Those we're all pretty badass things to say" Tim interjects "but maybe choose one and workshop it. I can help, I'm good at dialogue now"
Which catchphrase do you workshop?
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It doesn't happen because you made it happen.
It happens because you allow it to happen.
https://t.co/j5hPyw9m9m
There is a fine line between persistence and stubbornness.
— The Irrational Investor (@position_trader) August 28, 2019
True for life, true for investing.
The NNOX news flow been exceptionally good. I tweet about Fear Uncertainty Doubt and how short sellers leverage friction in news flow to mine some of your gains. NNOX published Form F-1/A to remove friction. Investors have answers.
Form F-1/A Link:
Form F-1 is over 200 detailed pages. Very concentrated. Everything you need for rest of this month in the document. A few notes for you. NNOX FDA approval uses a third party review organization in 510k process. This is abbreviated to 3P510k.
I covered the 3P510K in thread here: https://t.co/w7zE882CVk
Reference to Eagle eyes: https://t.co/gT779MFX82
We discover in F-1 that 3P510K recommended clearance of Nanox Source. This triggers a 30 day timeline to approval by FDA. However ...
Eagle-eyes \U0001f985 https://t.co/w1wF3Ysmt1
— Harvey \U0001f1fa\U0001f1f8 (@realharveymark) February 12, 2021
Look at you favorite broker news for NNOX. I look at 3 different broker none of them comment NNOX from 60 to 80 on news that 3P510k recommended FDA approve NNOX device. NNOX get a letter and slide 10% we get headline. But no headline for big pop 🤷♂️ that’s the friction.
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Like company moats, your personal moat should be a competitive advantage that is not only durable—it should also compound over time.
Characteristics of a personal moat below:
I'm increasingly interested in the idea of "personal moats" in the context of careers.
— Erik Torenberg (@eriktorenberg) November 22, 2018
Moats should be:
- Hard to learn and hard to do (but perhaps easier for you)
- Skills that are rare and valuable
- Legible
- Compounding over time
- Unique to your own talents & interests https://t.co/bB3k1YcH5b
2/ Like a company moat, you want to build career capital while you sleep.
As Andrew Chen noted:
People talk about \u201cpassive income\u201d a lot but not about \u201cpassive social capital\u201d or \u201cpassive networking\u201d or \u201cpassive knowledge gaining\u201d but that\u2019s what you can architect if you have a thing and it grows over time without intensive constant effort to sustain it
— Andrew Chen (@andrewchen) November 22, 2018
3/ You don’t want to build a competitive advantage that is fleeting or that will get commoditized
Things that might get commoditized over time (some longer than
Things that look like moats but likely aren\u2019t or may fade:
— Erik Torenberg (@eriktorenberg) November 22, 2018
- Proprietary networks
- Being something other than one of the best at any tournament style-game
- Many "awards"
- Twitter followers or general reach without "respect"
- Anything that depends on information asymmetry https://t.co/abjxesVIh9
4/ Before the arrival of recorded music, what used to be scarce was the actual music itself — required an in-person artist.
After recorded music, the music itself became abundant and what became scarce was curation, distribution, and self space.
5/ Similarly, in careers, what used to be (more) scarce were things like ideas, money, and exclusive relationships.
In the internet economy, what has become scarce are things like specific knowledge, rare & valuable skills, and great reputations.