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Just left London to go to Normandy for a few days and it is amazing how important "3rd places" are in European life. As an American, I'm jealous.

A pretty wild fact is that Winston Churchill was voted out of his role as Prime Minister in 1945. The same year the allied forces won WWII...

Celebrating the 4th in Normandy this year and I can't think of a better setting to honor the sacrifices our nation's soldiers made for freedom everywhere. Decided to start reading this book that Morgan Housel recommended in a blog post a while back to learn more about D-Day.

Happy 4th from Utah Beach in Normandy! Grateful for our troops, past and present, who afford us our freedoms!

Napoleon's definition of a military genius: "the man who can do the average thing when all those around him are going crazy."

When the Allies liberated France during WWII, Ernest Hemingway showed up at the Ritz with his band of French resistance fighters and said “How about 73 dry martinis?”

What is the relationship between ambition and satisfaction, calling and work, desire and happiness? Fantastic piece from Brie Wolfson about Kevin Kelly and his philosophy on work and life. joincolossus.com/article/flound…

Kindles are awesome. Used mine for ~1 week now and my average screen time on my phone was down to ~30 minutes per day. Instead of doom scrolling on your phone, pick up a Kindle.

When I’m traveling I love reading books that are set in the places I’m visiting. Lonesome Dove/LBJ series in Texas. Guns at Last Light in Normandy. Sherlock Holmes in London. Dubliners in Ireland.

"I hope I know what I'm doing." - General Eisenhower before D-Day. Everyone has imposter syndrome. Even at the highest levels of leadership.

Things I've enjoyed recently:

Walking around Europe makes you understand why people tend to be happier here but also why they're economies are so much less productive.

Painfully accurate depiction of the world today from Kyla Scanlon

Another thing Europe makes you aware of is that we've progressed in virtually every aspect of human life over the past few centuries except architecture and building construction.

The book that inspired Jeff Bezos’ “regret minimization” framework. Through this framework he decided to leave his hedge fund job to start Amazon.

Was interesting to see these alternative covers for the LBJ series in the UK. They don’t hold a candle to the American covers.

It’s hard to read Caro’s LBJ series and not believe in the Great Man theory of history.

Visited Haywood Hill bookstore in London today. They offer an amazing service where they interview you to determine your book tastes, then send you a book they think you’d like based on that interview each month. heywoodhill.com