Hey friend,

I hope everyone is having a great weekend. We got a fun little shout-out on the popular My First Million podcast (minute 12:30):

Khe Hy @khemaridh Yo @thesamparr and @ShaanVP thx for the s/o in the MFM pod (min 12:30) For those curious, pronunciation: Kay Hee July 21st 2022 1 Retweets 35 Likes

This week was a heavy one - sending you all lots of love.

There's no playbook for grief

I was pretty amped for this week's essay.

My editorial calendar had some good ideas queued up, especially as follow-ups to my 43 lessons at age 43.

I wanted to dive into why it's easy to make money.

I wanted to deconstruct the desperation behind the 9-to-5 hamster wheel.

But the powers that be had different plans for me. Instead, I was swallowed by grief.

Here are this week's top reads:

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Lifestyles

5 minutes | Collaborative Fund
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A delightful essay on the perils of winning for winning’s sake. Two men embark on the same sailing race: one finds bliss, the other throws himself overboard. What was difference? The desire for external validation.

→ Read the post​

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Always being optimistic is hard. Try it part time instead.

4 minutes | WSJ
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Being optimistic is good for us. It helps improve our physical and mental health, resilience and pain management. Heck, optimism can even lead to longer lives. But can you train yourself to become more optimistic? Yup, just aim to to be optimistic part of the time (full-time optimism can feel daunting). How? Savor the good, reframe the negative, and surround yourself with positivity.

→ Read the article​

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Sending cold emails

6 minutes | Alexey Guzey
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The internet is a magical place. Never before has it been so easy to connect with people all around the globe. Email in particular has democratized access to thinkers in your field of interest. Here’s why writing cold emails should be your dormant superpower (because yes, email can be $10K work).

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The magic of your first work friends

7 minutes | NYT
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The benefits of remote work have become crystal clear over the last few years. But something that we’re lacking in this covid-remote-world-of-work are, simply put, work buddies. And that’s kind of a big deal. Workplace friendships benefit productivity and create more engagement — they’re good for business. Can these friendships really be replicated through screens?

→ Read the article​

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Why city life has gotten way more expensive

3 minutes | The Atlantic
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With falling markets and rising interest rates, start ups and tech companies are being forced to change how they do business. For decades, VCs generously subsidized our favorite products — making them unjustifiably cheap. Wake up on Casper mattress, work out on Peloton, Uber to WeWork, order DoorDash — sound familiar? With rising interest rates and a global recession the “millennial consumer subsidy” is ending. Yup, that’s why Ubers are so dang expensive!

→ Read the article​

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LAST WEEK'S MOST READ

• ​43 life lessons age age 43 (RadReads, 2,364 clicks)
• ​Thinking from first principles (ProfitWell, 433 clicks)

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And finally, is this Web3?

With gratitude,

Khe

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