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I've read Cal's pieces when they've popped up from time to time. It seems like he's always banging the same drum, and that he doesn't realize how different his

I've read Cal's pieces when they've popped up from time to time. It seems like he's always banging the same drum, and that he doesn't realize how different his job is than most people's jobs (being married to a professor, I am familiar with the benefits of its unique cadence). Can anyone recommend posts he's written that perhaps show a different side of his thinking? Have there been any good analyses or critiques of his work, which describe the types of people his writing is useful for? As a founder, who necessarily wears a lot of hats, I find it to be aspirational but not especially actionable.

A_Venom_Roll 3y ago
I listen to his podcast on a regular basis and he does realize and emphasize that his job is different than most people jobs. The type of job his advice is most applicable to is the typical office job, involving people who receive a lot of emails, slack messages, and other requests during the day. This can really damage real productivity, due to context switching and 'being available' all the time. He gives strategies to minimize disruptions and ways to apply these. With regard to "banging the same drum", it's true that the core of his advice stays the same, but I really like his way of approaching these kind things. And repetition isn't necessarily bad. Being in a office job myself, I sometimes need to be reminded of the simple fact that I'm far more productive when I work in predetermined time blocks focusing on output. It's easy to fall into the trap of opening new emails and Slack messages all day long and wondering where all your time went.
ftxbro 3y ago
it always looks like some marketing blogspam to me, like the seth godin posts
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TheAlchemist 3y ago
While I share a bit of this feeling, I think what he says is true. And he does bang the same drum as you say, but it doesn't change the fact that he is mostly right. I worked for the most part in jobs related to trading - trading floors can be crazy. But once the mathematicians and modern quants arrived, suddenly everybody realized how much more powerful this slow, methodological approach is. I think it's similar with investing - if you do it right, it's ... boring. It should be boring, long term strategy. So people feel the urge to act. Trade something. Tune your portfolio a bit. etc etc. Don't do it ! Just sit down on your ass and wait !

A_Venom_Roll 3y ago

I listen to his podcast on a regular basis and he does realize and emphasize that his job is different than most people jobs. The type of job his advice is most applicable to is the typical office job, involving people who receive a lot of emails, slack messages, and other requests during the day. This can really damage real productivity, due to context switching and 'being available' all the time. He gives strategies to minimize disruptions and ways to apply these. With regard to "banging the same drum", it's true that the core of his advice stays the same, but I really like his way of approaching these kind things. And repetition isn't necessarily bad. Being in a office job myself, I sometimes need to be reminded of the simple fact that I'm far more productive when I work in predetermined time blocks focusing on output. It's easy to fall into the trap of opening new emails and Slack messages all day long and wondering where all your time went.

ftxbro 3y ago

it always looks like some marketing blogspam to me, like the seth godin posts

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TheAlchemist 3y ago

While I share a bit of this feeling, I think what he says is true. And he does bang the same drum as you say, but it doesn't change the fact that he is mostly right. I worked for the most part in jobs related to trading - trading floors can be crazy. But once the mathematicians and modern quants arrived, suddenly everybody realized how much more powerful this slow, methodological approach is. I think it's similar with investing - if you do it right, it's ... boring. It should be boring, long term strategy. So people feel the urge to act. Trade something. Tune your portfolio a bit. etc etc. Don't do it ! Just sit down on your ass and wait !