Thoughts – Page 3 – Nicholas Pihl

nicholaspihl@gmail.com–Thoughts–September 22, 2022

“There are only two tragedies in life. One is not getting what you want. The other is getting it.” -Oscar […]

nicholaspihl@gmail.com–Thoughts–September 14, 2022September 14, 2022

About 6 months ago, I started making a decent income in my business. And after a decade of living lean […]

nicholaspihl@gmail.com–Thoughts–August 3, 2022August 3, 2022

I’m starting to suspect that investing is a mediocre hobby. Optimistically, there’s the chance that your extra effort will produce […]

nicholaspihl@gmail.com–Thoughts–July 27, 2022August 30, 2022

Buffett has famously said, “risk is not volatility.” This article isn’t about that. This article is about what keeps me, […]

The problem most people have is not how to get what they want, but knowing what they want in the […]

nicholaspihl@gmail.com–Thoughts–December 17, 2021December 17, 2021

Life doesn’t have to be complicated to be exceptional. In fact, life usually tends to be better the simpler it […]

Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson Men Without Women by Haruki Murakami (series of short stories about men who lose their […]

If you want to understand the last 4 decades of technology, consider the following thought experiment. “Ignoring everything connected to […]

In Defense of Elitism by Joel Stein – Enjoyable read that actually lessened my resentment of the elite. Stein doesn’t […]

When Breath Becomes Air: I had heard this one makes you cry. And it absolutely does. Just a really beautifully […]