Issue #19
Welcome to Pearl Runner issue 19. Because it was one of my favorite polls yet, let’s start off with last week’s results. Pretty interesting to see multiple responses from “Teens” all the way to “60s”.
I suspect our reader age skewing younger is a big reason for the high response rate for “20s” and “30s”. I read once that most people assume the decade they’re currently in will be their favorite, and it shifts forward as you age. If you’re in your mid-20’s, it’s probably hard to imagine yourself thinking you’re gonna peak in your 60s (Especially for me, who clearly peaked in high school).
I’ll plan to do this one again in the future (when we get over 1 million subscribers), so stay tuned! Also, don’t forget to check out this week’s poll.
In Issue #19:
- 🏆 13 Thoughts About How to Achieve Outlier Success
- 👂 A Great Podcast From The Author of “Moneyball” and “The Big Short”
- 🏞 The Best Hike in Every National Park
- 🤑 A Money Poll
How To Be Successful
by Sam Altman
Sam Altman is the CEO of OpenAI and the former President of Y-combinator, one of the most successful and well-known startup accelerators of all time. He shares insights from his life and career on his personal blog, and this is his most popular post ever.
“How to be Successful” is a pretty generic, boring title – but like a lot of stuff written by genius tech entrepreneurs – he has some pretty insightful stuff to say on the topic. Altman distills his thoughts into 13 different ideas on how to achieve uncommon levels of success. A couple interesting quotes:
Read the Full Article Here 👇
Underrated Artist - Luca Font
If you don’t already know Michael Lewis as an author, you probably know the movies based on his books – The Blind Side, Moneyball, and The Big Short to name a few. Lewis is an incredible storyteller, and has a way of bringing the efforts of lesser-known, amazing, real people into the spotlight.
The stories in his podcasts are just as engaging, even in the shorter format (about 40 min each). Almost every episode is fantastic, and this one in particular is a great example of his ability to surface the story of an amazing person you’d never otherwise hear about.
Check it out here 👇
The Best Hike in Every National Park
Conde Nast Traveler
The title on this one says it all, and this is an excellent article to have stashed in your bookmarks folder. Each hike comes with a beautiful picture, length, difficulty and brief description.
There’s a good mix of difficulty levels among the hikes, so you can find just what you’re looking for on your next National Park road trip. Even if you’re not planning on doing any on the list, it’s just a pleasant webpage to scroll for a few minutes.
See the full list here 👇
Newsletter of the Week - Hello Universe
The featured newsletter this week is called Hello Universe, written by our friend Punit Thakkar. We love getting these happy, intriguing poems each week. Here’s Punit on the origin of the newsletter:
And just like I can enjoy animated shows with grown-up themes now that I’ve grown up, I believe that catchy, rhyming, and memorable poetry can speak about some grown-up themes, while being fun and thought-provoking.”
Click the link below to subscribe! 👇
Our Other Favorite Newsletters (click the logos to subscribe)
Morning Brew: Gets you up to speed on business, finance, and tech in just 5 minutes
1440: All your news in a single email
The Daily Upside: Business news that’s worth you’re time.
And that’s a wrap! If you have any comments, suggestions, recommendations, or just general feedback we’d love to hear from you! Email us at brooke@pearlrunner.com and we’ll include our favorite comments in next week’s edition (and maybe in our Instagram feed 🧐). Thanks for reading and have a great week!
