Hi everyone,

This week we're diving into how to get luck on our side, how we can prepare kids for the modern world, and how to create products that stick.

Cheers,
Janel

Luck and the Entrepreneur: The four kinds of luck
There's a roadmap for getting luck on our side. Ask yourself these questions:

• How energetic are we? What is our bias towards action?
• How curious are we? Curiosity > intelligence
• How flexible and aggressive are we at synthesizing & linking multiple experiences?
• How uniquely are we developing a personal point of view?

How Do I Teach These Kids?
Packy McCormick shares his thoughts on the best way to prepare kids for a modern world. Where he landed on was:

• Stoke curiosity. Allow them to discover things that excite them, and then giving them the space, time, and resources to explore
• Encourage spikes, aka becoming world-class in things they're interested in.
• Teach them to think in systems.
• Leave room for solitude and play.
• Show them the value of optimism.
• Prioritize happiness.

How Cruise Ships Make Money
I've always wondered how cruise ships make money as it seems like they cost an awful lot of money to operate. Here's a deep dive into the economics of cruise ships. If video's more interesting to you, I found a YouTube video that you can watch.

Useful Weirdness
Weird is cool. Embrace your weirdness.

The ladders of wealth creation: a step-by-step roadmap to building wealth
Making money is a skill that you can get better at. You move from trading time for money, to your own service business, to productized services and finally, selling products. This can be done in parallel, and I'll die on this hill -- a side project is an incredible way to bridge the gap as you move between ladders.

Creating Products That Stick
How to create products that stick and have built-in growth engines.

How To Nurture & Grow A Personal Library
What distinguishes a library from a random pile of books is the considered process of curation. It can serve as:

• a store for memories– a way to rediscover and revisit ideas and feelings, and also help you enjoy the pleasures of rereading
• a tool for research, which lets you encounter new ideas
• a source of various pleasures: entertainment, escapism, solace, beauty, inspiration, and surprise
  

Learn how you can curate your own. One of my favorite tips from this article is seek recommendations, but leave room for chance discoveries.

Vidyard - Cool screen recorder for Chrome that enables you to take screen recordings for documentation & collaboration purposes. Great alternative to Loom (its free version doesn't have the 5-minute recording time limit)

Useful Keyboard Shortcuts - A collection of keyboard shortcuts that you can use for Mac & Windows to speed up the way you do things.

Interior AI - Get interior design ideas for your home using AI. So many beautiful pictures.

Height - Project management that works for the whole team. From marketing to engineering to operations, share one tool across the company to track your work. Get started for free.

Time tracking that doesn't suck? Try Toggl Track, an intuitive tool that makes tracking painless. Boost performance and get paid for every billable minute.

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The Coolest Streets In The World - 33 of the best, according to Time Out.

Time Billionaires - Aadit sends a tiny email about trends, interesting online businesses, not-to-be-missed content & more.

Stellarium - Like Google Maps for stargazing.

Living In The Past - Throwback to the Internet of the 90's & early 00's.