đBuilding a Personal Moat
Key takeaways
What is a personal moat? It is a collection of distinct and accumulating competitive advantages in the context of your career.
It should be:
Difficult to learn and hard to do (but perhaps easier for you).
Virtually impossible without rare and/or valuable skills
Unique to your own talents & interests.
Legible, in the sense that your expertise should be easy to describe, easy to share, and makes people want todo both for you.
Example? Tim Ferris - âHe has garnered a massive loyal following by posting unique content for years. Building the same following would take hard work plus luck, at a minimum.â
How to find your personal moat? Ask myself what is easy for me but hard for others?
Sources:
Building Personal Moat by Erik Torenberg
Founders: Stop trying to learn a new skill by Justin Ferriman
đ Autocrats and Sports
Key takeaways
A nice piece on how autocrats use sports to their advantage. Relevant given the Qatar World Cup on the horizon.
The reason is twofold: 1. Soft power 2. Sportwashing
Soft power: Hosting a major sports event like the World Cup can boost a countryâs diplomatic standing.
Qatarâs World Cup could drive tourism across the Gulf and even into Iran, with whom it maintains closer ties than any Arab nation.
Sport-washing: Autocratic regimes can use the popularity and apolitical nature of sports to bolster their reputations and distract from humanitarian concerns.
Sources:
How Autocrats use sports to their advantage by Internatonal Intrigue
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