Year 1 in Review

A compilation of my 10 favorites from Year 1

1 year ago, I wrote my first Twitter thread.

100 threads and 70,000+ words later, I’m just getting started.

10 favorites (on business, finance, mental models, and life):

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#1 - Competitive Advantages

10 competitive advantages that don’t require talent.

(Note: This may be the subject of a future book...)

Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom

To outperform, you need serious competitive advantages. But contrary to what you have been told, most of them don't require talent. 10 competitive advantages that you can start developing today:

#2 - The Feynman Technique

A method for learning through teaching.

Complexity and jargon are often used to mask a lack of deep understanding.

Find beauty in simplicity.

Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom

The Feynman Technique is a foundational mental model for unlocking growth in your career, startup, business, or writing. A thread on how it works and how it can change your life...

#3 - Warren Buffett’s Wisdom

10 lessons for life from the Oracle of Omaha.

Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom

Warren Buffett is a treasure trove of wisdom. But contrary to what you have been told, most of it has nothing to do with investing. 10 powerful lessons for life from the Oracle of Omaha:

#4 - 5 Powerful Mental Models

A thread of threads with 5 powerful mental models to help you think clearly and outperform in an ultra-competitive world.

1. First Principles

2. Second-Order Thinking

3. Circle of Competence

4. Occam’s Razor

5. Compounding

Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom

THREAD: 5 powerful mental models to help you win in a competitive world. In investing, business, startups, writing, or life...

#5 - Breaking Down the GameStop Saga

Demystifying the underlying mechanics of the $GME saga.

Short squeezes, gamma squeezes, and much more...

Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom

THREAD: The story of the week in finance is how a group of retail traders at @wallstreetbets, with assists from @elonmusk and @chamath, took down the establishment short sellers at GameStop. A thread on the underlying mechanics of the $GME saga...

#6 - The Cantillon Effect

A framework for understanding the relationship between “money printing” and wealth inequality.

The flow path of new money matters...

Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom

Cantillon Effect 101 With the recent money printing activity and an expanding wealth inequality problem, talk of the "Cantillon Effect" has taken center stage. But what is the Cantillon Effect and how does it work? Here's Cantillon Effect 101! 👇👇👇

#7 - Morris Chang & TSMC

The inspiring story of an overlooked 52-year-old semiconductor executive who would go on to change the world.

A thread serving up business inspiration with a side of geopolitical tension...

Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom

In 1983, a 52-year-old senior executive at Texas Instruments was passed over for the company's top job. He would go on to found and build the most strategically important company in the world. Who's up for a story? 👇👇👇

#8 - The Fight Against Normalcy

A powerful lesson for life from Jeff Bezos’ final letter to Amazon shareholders.

Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom

In his final Amazon shareholder letter, Jeff Bezos shared a powerful mental model on maintaining your distinctiveness. A thread on the fight against normalcy (in your career, startup, writing, or life):

#9 - Memento Mori

Remember your mortality.

A powerful philosophical tool for finding clarity and purpose in your life.

Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom

Memento Mori is a powerful philosophical tool for finding clarity and unlocking growth in your career, startup, business, writing, or relationships. A thread on its meaning and how it can change your life...

#10 - A Thread on Markets

And last but not least, the thread that started it all.

Using storytelling to explain the impact of intervention in markets.

Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom

1/ A Thread on Markets It is the year 1500 and you enter a market in Renaissance-era Italy. There are buyers and there are sellers. Prices of the various goods are determined by the interaction by and among these individuals. Now in walks Mr. FEDerico, a man of endless means.

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So those were my 10 favorites from Year 1. I’m just getting started on my journey to simplify the complex and demystify the world of business and finance. Thank you to everyone who has joined me. Y’all are amazing! And if you haven’t joined me, what are you waiting for?!

If you are interested in learning more about how to build an audience on Twitter or for your newsletter, I would encourage you to apply for my friend @Julian and my audience building course, which will take place June 1 and 3.

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