Pain & Pleasure

Don’t be shy

In
any partnership, you’re only as strong as your weakest link.

The virtues of Being aggressive

We need to take radical action

Staying alive ***

Gusty

Trade

You can’t get hurt asking

leaguewide. I
knew it was highly unlikely that the other owners would go
along—and they didn’t—but my attitude is that you can’t get
hurt asking.

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Strongest : consolidation

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I like to keep every option open in my life

The genius of renting is that the costs are fixed, the maximum downside is known.

The downside of owning a home or a single-family house or whatever is in theory… The downside costs can be infinite?

Fear of the press

We only hate people we wish we could become?

Stand!

Standing exercises

Closet cowards

highly reliable and incredibly durable –> like a hybrid Prius!

No one in charge –> we need a leader, leadership

True engineering: how creatively you can go UNDER budget!

Come in UNDER BUDGET –> this is true engineering!

We’d
also managed to come in more than $750,000 under our $3
million budget.

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Who’s accountable for failure?

Practical experience

Economically viable

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Don’t put yourself at risk later?

The less you commit to spend up front, the less
you’re at risk later.

Build excitement!

Mutual interest ***

Psychological loss

Television City

Get people excited!

Big can be beautiful ***

Spectacle!

Simplicity & grandeur

Sensational angle

Excess can be a virtue ***

Architectural exuberance

Brashness, zest and élan

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Majestic, distinctive and must sell!

Different sells ***

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Multiple, parallel processes

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The philosophy of freedom

How to walk better, how to walk more?

Breath is the source of life?

How to lift different

To upload, uploading is the way of life?

Eric Kim digital nomad philosophy

TRUE FREEDOM