Snapshot · Modern Wisdom
Shopify founder Tobi Lütke overcame a fear of public speaking by writing 'I love public speaking' 100 times every day for a week or two, literally rewiring his self-belief.
Parents who co-signed their daughter's student loans have already paid $60,000 and still owe $75,000 after she refused to make payments.
The 10,000 hours figure was simply the average practice time of expert violinists by age 20 — they weren't even experts yet, and the number doesn't translate to a universal rule of expertise.
Expert violinists in the Ericsson studies tended to practice in 2 sessions of 60–90 minutes per day — a rhythm Wood says is about as much hard cognitive work as most people can sustainably do.
Galloway noted that 60 years ago only 12 Black students combined attended Princeton, Harvard, and Yale; today 54% of Harvard identifies as non-white.
Timothy Olyphant completed 4 years of a fine arts degree at USC but didn't officially receive his degree until about 32 years later, finishing it during COVID or a strike.
Sean Hayes revealed he never finished his undergraduate degree but received an honorary doctorate in music, news that surprised his co-hosts live on air.
Alex Hormozi calculated that a top MBA would cost him $240,000 in combined tuition and opportunity cost, and chose to start a business instead.
David Senra has read approximately 425 founder biographies, one per episode of Founders podcast, and considers James Dyson's autobiography the single most important book for any ambitious person.
Moses Brown School in Providence now costs $46K–$52K per year, a figure that exceeds what Leo Laporte paid for college and exemplifies how unaffordable education has become.
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