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Edward R. Tufte's amazing book, The Visual Display of Quantitative Information (1983), demonstrates such precepts as "Mobilize every graphical element, perhaps several times over, to show the data" (p. 139; Tufte is not to be taken as a guide to writing prose). Everyone who uses tables or graphs should buy and study Tufte's book, and then reward themselves by getting his second book, Envisioning Information (1990).
Economical Writing
Deirdre N. McCloskey
Intellectual junk food like most TikTok videos, Tweets, or YouTube videos has a similarly devastating effect as regular junk food.
So small actions like regularly “marie kondoing” (aka asking: ”does it spark joy?”) your inputs go a long way in improving the quality of your thoughts and ideas.
A Skill Called Luck
Jakob Greenfeld
Ask The 4A Club. That’s your accountant, attorney, agent (real estate), and adviser (financial). Call or email them and ask if they know anyone selling a business that’s in your wheelhouse. Then ask your friends for the contact info for *their* accountants, attorneys, agents, and advisers. Rinse and repeat each month with check-in emails. “Hey, Alan the accountant, just wanted to ping you because I am still buying businesses :) If anyone comes to mind I’d love to pay you a sourcing fee for any deals you send my way. Thanks!”
Main Street Millionaire
Codie Sanchez
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