Weekly Wisdom #310 - The business building lesson from Clarkson's Farm

Trying Ideas, Slowing Down, Jeff Bezos' Morning Routine & Where Our Favourite Things Come From

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Happy Monday!

The most recent television show I watched was Clarkson's Farm on Amazon Prime.

I was a fan of Top Gear growing up, and I still find Clarkson entertaining.

But what I found most interesting about this season was the entrepreneurship side: Clarkson spends the entire season attempting to make money from "unfarmed" land.

He tries about 10 different ideas, and most of them don't work.

But a couple of them? They work brilliantly.

And that was a good reminder for me.

If you're trying to start a business, you're likely to fail. But the point is to be able to fail enough times to find the one that succeeds.

The ones who succeed in building successful businesses aren't necessarily the smartest, or most resilient, or most competitive.

They're the ones who manage to try enough different things without going broke.

We don't all have salaries from Amazon to rely on like Clarkson does.

But it's a good reminder nonetheless.

Have a great week!

Graham

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Links

📖 Against 3X Speed - David Perell - Something I still struggle with, this essay makes the case for spending more time on less things.

I've noticed this in my reading: a small number of the books I read are the ones that resonate with me most, and I should be re-reading those more than I read new ones.

It also reminded me of this clip, where Jeff Bezos is describing his morning routine (which doesn't seem very efficient):

Arjun Khemani-->

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You’re taking cold showers, meditating, and journaling, meanwhile this is the average billionaire’s morning routine.

9:56 AM • Jun 8, 2024

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Tweet of the Week

Morgan Housel summarizes it nicely in this Tweet, quoting Jon Stewart by saying “The reason the world felt like a better place during your childhood is because you were a child.”

This is a good filter for information: if the story you're hearing aligns with any of these, you probably want to dig deeper.

Andrew Curran-->

@AndrewCurran_

It turns out music, movies, entertainment, and society in general peaked during the exact time period when you, the person reading this, were a teenager.

11:47 AM • May 25, 2024

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