Retained Learnings: Recent Episodes
Brendan Aronson
Everything I wish I had known about entrepreneurship and mental health when I transitioned out of the Marine Corps and graduated from Wharton.
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What I am good at
Public Speaking
Coaching and mentoring
Financial modeling
Synthesizing disparate information
Explaining complex ideas simply
Teaching
Cooking (this may be a stretch) / following recipe directions
Empathy
Maintaining relationships
Absorbing information
Writing
Things I like to do
Talking to friends
Public speaking
Coaching and Mentoring
Reading
Eating good food
Travel
Skiing
Dissecting people’s business problems
Learning business models
Dog walking
Working out
Self improvement
Comedy (note - sadly not something I am good at!)
Things I can make money doing
Consulting with startups on financial stuff
Dog walking
Financial services
MBA essay coaching
Teaching
Alumni relations for Wharton or Navy
Real estate development
Become a realtor
VC
Work for MAPS
Syndicate deals
Host a conference
Bartending
Tech company ops/strategy role
MBA admissions
Prostitute myself (sorry mom, but I do think I could make good money)
Entrepreneur in residence
Day 1 at KKR -
Day 2 at JP Morgan Chase -
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Maslow’s Hierarchy
How people spend money
Conclusion
Everybody wants to be a bodybuilder, but nobody wants to lift this heavy ass weight.
-Ronnie Coleman, 8x Mr. Olympia
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Links from this episode:
Brendan’s basics of marketing -
Frequency of impressions x Quality of impressions = Value of the marketing
Follow on Twitter to watch the writing course happen live in August
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Links:
More about Learned Helplessness
The book, “becoming a supple leopard”
The book “The body keeps the score”
VRB Labs Sleep Formula: https://www.vrblabs.com/collections/cbd/products/rest
Article about vulnerability:
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit brendanaronson.substack.com
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit brendanaronson.substack.com
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit brendanaronson.substack.com
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit brendanaronson.substack.com
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit brendanaronson.substack.com