Podbit · On Purpose with Jay Shetty
Tapping into a deeper spiritual reality doesn't make you less effective in business — it makes you more effective. Siddhartha learned this the hard way; Mackey learned it the right way. When your inner world is ordered, the outer world of success becomes easier to navigate and more meaningful when you reach it.
The Nasdaq jumped 1.9%, its biggest gain among major indices, powered almost entirely by a rip in semiconductor stocks. Micron, SanDisk, and Western Digital each surged up to 14.3% as investors rotated back into the AI trade.
Alphabet and Tesla headline tomorrow's after-bell earnings, joined by IBM, ServiceNow, Texas Instruments, GE Vernova, and AT&T. Philip Morris reports before the open — one of the busiest single days of earnings season.
Every major index closed higher on the day. The Nasdaq led at 1.9%, followed by the Russell at 1.5%, the S&P at 0.9%, and the Dow at 0.7% — a broad risk-on session driven by AI and semiconductor optimism.
SpaceX reports its first post-IPO earnings on August 4th — and the clock immediately starts on a massive insider unlock. Up to 911.5 million shares, representing 20% of eligible locked-up stock, become sellable on August 6th, with a potential additional 10% freed if the stock holds 30% above IPO price.
Short interest in SpaceX has surged from roughly 6% of the public float just a month ago to 32% today, representing $25 billion in notional bearish bets. That's despite CEO Elon Musk warning short sellers they 'won't survive.'
Mark O'Brien paid just $5,500 for a 180-year-old West Village brownstone and expects to sell it for $17 million after putting in roughly $6,000. The catch? He's been waiting 2.5 years just to get permits — and the clock is always running.
The biggest threat to Mark O'Brien's business isn't construction costs or market downturns — it's time. Carrying a property for years while waiting for landmark approvals quietly destroys profit margins, and it's getting worse.
Mark didn't get into real estate through careful planning — desperation drove him in. Overleveraged with 2.5 kids and a house he had no business owning in Greenwich, Connecticut, he bet everything on flipping brownstones and made it work.
Mark O'Brien's early deal-sourcing strategy had nothing to do with real estate agents. He'd push three kids in a stroller, approach old ladies about buying their homes, slip notes into mailboxes, and treat the whole thing as a pure numbers game.
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