Created and co-hosts the business podcast My First Million, which has over 25 million downloads a year; writes weekly Good Friday essays for an email list of about 109,000 entrepreneurs.
22 articles · 3 books they recommend
A novel of a gifted boy trained in an orbiting school for war against aliens.
Also recommended by: Alex Lieberman, Eric Jorgenson, Ev Williams and 3 others
A novel of a teenager hunting 1980s-themed puzzles in a virtual world for a fortune.
Also recommended by: Andrew Wilkinson, Astro Teller and 6 others
Tim Ferriss's book belongs on a personal-finance list not for its investment advice but for its income argument: the fastest way to reach financial independence may be redesigning how and where you work rather than cutting spending to the bone. The 'new rich' framework is deliberately provocative, and the specific tactics age poorly, but the income-side case remains underweighted in most FIRE writing.
Also recommended by: Andrew Wilkinson, Ev Williams and 19 others
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