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venmo: mike-dariano2018-08-2032 minMike's NotesMar092017All NBA edition, mostly based on Daryl Morey's interview with Zach Lowe at MIT Sloan.
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Mike's NotesBill Belichick argues well, provides top-down support, and seeks counterfactuals,Audio of posts at http://thewaiterspad.com
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Contact me: http://twitter.com/mikedariano or mikedariano@gmail.com2017-02-0324 minMike's Notes037 Six things Instagram did right.Six things I noted about Instagram's success.
1/ Imitation is a place to start, but not finish.
2/ A lower overhead is a longer survival.
3/ Luck matters.
4/ Win on third down.
5/ Good timing helps a lot.
6/ Everything is a trial by fire.
Intro music from K-391, outro from Topher Mohr and Alex Elena.
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On the web, http://thewaiterspad.com2016-09-2545 minMike's Notes026 Early BuffettAnother Warren Buffett episode. This one focuses on his early (pre-1976) writings. Weâll examine:
1/ How Buffett used red flags to tell people when to switch investments.
2/ How Buffett focused like a flashlight.
3/ Buffettâs advice for âturning over a lot of rock,â and three ways to encourage your search.
4/ Buffett was like a pirate. A good haul and heâd be rich, a poor captain and the crew could take over. These are win win situations.
5/ Buffett knew he was dealing with people, and acted accordingly.
6/ Ducks? Yes.
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Outro: K-391
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Donation...2016-07-2031 minMike's Notes025 Neville Isdell, former Coca Cola CEONeville Isdell was the former chairman and CEO of Coca Cola. I found his book on accident, happily.
Isdell's story isn't well known - or at least to me - and so his 'off the beaten track' experiences are extra valuable. What helped a kid born in Ireland, who grows up in Africa, starts his career in white South Africa and goes on to work in the Philippines and German succeed? There were five themes in my notes:
1/ Isdell was motivated by more than money. Once we take care of our basic needs (not our basic wants) we can focus...2016-07-1432 minMike's Notes024 Warren BuffettNothing new here, just a reminder -- which we all need.
Buffett isn't brilliant because he's rich. Fellow billionaire Seymour Schulich wrote, "The word âbillionaireâ is a very crude and inaccurate measure of how well I have played the game of life.â
Buffett is popular because of how he did it, not what he did. This episode looks at 5 ways.
1/ Buffett seeks few possessions.
2/ Buffett waits "for the right pitch."
3/ Buffett focuses on results.
4/ Buffett values good work over good tools.
5/ Buffett is a (patient) pattern recognizer.
Intro music from BenSound.com.
Outro music from K-391.
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Mike's Mental Models#016 Sebastian Junger (final episode of this series)A track from my new series (https://soundcloud.com/mikesnotes).2016-06-0800 minMike's Mental Models#09 Moving from Mental Models to Mike's NotesDifferent episode, the type I'm more likely to do. The full notes for this episode and explanation are at https://medium.com/mikes-mental-models.2016-06-0300 minMike's Mental Models#08 Base rates and intuitionWhat are base rates and why are they so dang helpful? With a soundtrack from Meghan Trainor, quotes from Bill Simmons, and a framework from Daniel Kahneman we'll talk about making better decisions.2016-05-2700 minMike's Mental Models#07 Small BarriersIn what ways can we install or remove small barriers to add friction or "grease the skids" for the important things in life.2016-05-2000 min
Mike's Mental Models#06 Survivor BiasThe lock that blocks the room of alternative histories.2016-05-1300 min
Mike's Mental Models#05 Examples from Dan CarlinWe use examples from Dan Carlin to talk more about Chesterton fences, the literate filter, and opportunity costs.
Music by BenSounds.com2016-05-1100 minMike's Mental Models#04 Part of the reason thinking (POTRT)Music from BenSounds.com
POTRT is a tool to kickstart our thinking, to get us to disect intractable problems and to get past the availability bias.2016-05-0500 minMike's Mental Models#03 Hardin's 3 FiltersWhat are the 3 "filters against folly" and how can we use them as a mental model?
Music from BenSound.com2016-04-2900 minMike's Mental Models#02 Alternative HistoriesLooking wide at the other possible outcomes.2016-04-2500 minMike's Mental Models#01 Gordian knots and Chesterton fencesGordian knots and Chesterton fences are two ends of one model for how to make decisions based on the history of a situation.
Music from BenSound.com2016-04-1400 minMike's Mental Models00 IntroductionWhat are mental models? Why have them? How to use them?
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A Productive ConversationGetting Reading Done with Mike Darianođ¨ The Forge Your Future Challenge is back â August 7â9, 2025!Join yours truly, Mike Vardy, for this free 3-day experience to reconnect with what matters, regain control of your time, and set your future in motion. Just two hours a day for three daysâno fluff, just focus. Save your spot now: https://mikevardy.com/forgeyourfutureOn this episode of the show, Iâm joined by Productivityistâs resident book reviewer and fellow avid reader Mike Dariano. We talk about how we go about reading and what we do differently to keep our reading workflowâŚflowing.
The goal of this ep...2016-03-0141 min