Hey friend,

Happy weekend!

And if you have kids, my condolences on the start of Daylight Savings Time.

These were the words of a 35-year-old Private Equity associate.

Adding insult to injury, he had a great work-life balance.

But he had a nagging feeling of “Is this it?” (and am I going to spend the rest of my life hitting F9)?

If you're stuck in this situation, we’ve created a unique coaching experience where you’ll explore deep, introspective and provocative questions with Khe and other Post-Achievement Professionals.

The program starts this Thursday and 2 of the 5 slots are filled.

🎧 In this week's podcast, we ask: How do you get rich while having a day job?​

Can you teach resilience?

Here’s a question for folks who grew up “lower middle” and are now “rich.”

The grit, persistence and work ethic you learned as a child are hard to recreate for your own kids.

But at the same time, you don’t want them to have the childhood that you had.

How do you reconcile this?

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Here are this week's top reads:

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The case against travel

8 minute | The New Yorker
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Everyone loves to travel. And everyone loves to tell others about their trips. But thanks to the traveler's delusion, we’re not the enlightened explorers we think we are. We’re “tourists,” even if we don’t want to admit it.

→ Read the article​

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Why we don't trust each other anymore

18 minutes | Epsilon Theory
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From newspapers to clickbait. Handwritten notes to emojis. Courtship to swiping on an app. Progress is inevitable, and it’s a net positive. But what price do we pay, and how can we regain the fundamental human need: trust?

→ Read the article​

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What I wish someone had told me

1 minute | Sam Altman
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Sam Altman (the ChatGPT guy) built one of the hottest businesses in the world. Then his board fired him. Then he was hired back three days later. These lessons were hard-earned. My favorite takeaways include: the power of incentives, fighting bureaucracy and the difference between plans and execution.

→ Read the post​

Below the Fold
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LAST WEEK'S MOST READ

• ​Are losers happier? (Radreads, 715 clicks)
• ​The three foundational questions (More To That, 522 clicks)

And finally, these kids go nuts on this Harry Mack freestyle.

With gratitude,

Khe

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