Podcast interview, memory palace template, & Michael Jordan

Learn: How tweets go viral, how to 3x your referrals, MJ philosophy
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Greetings from Colombia, 

If our physical consumption matched our digital consumption…

We’d all have Cheeto fingers and Oreo milk mustaches. 

Instead of mindlessly scrolling online, this newsletter is your digital equivalent to shopping at Whole Foods. 

🎧 Young Money

I interviewed Jack Raines last week on my podcast. 

When he was 23, he turned $6K into $400K day trading SPACs during the pandemic. (crazy story)

He now writes one of the fastest-growing (and hilarious) finance blogs, called Young Money. 

We discussed:

• Jack's viral tweets (recent tweet got 30 million impressions) & growth tactics

• Creating what you want to consume (my favorite takeaway)

• How to approach writing online (or any new endeavor)

LOTS of goodies in this chat. Check out the episode here. 

✍️ Memory Palace

A friend reached out to me earlier this year asking for a virtual coffee via Zoom.

His company just raised money, and he was doing an exercise called “Memory Palace” to build out his team (exercise recommended by Sequoia Capital VC company).

The premise is simple — great companies have great people. 

So the biggest challenge for any company is hiring great people. The “Memory Palace” is how you find them in your life. 

Here's how it works.

Think through each phase of your life (high school, college, professional, etc), who were the most impressive, smart, or interesting people you encountered? 

Then hit them up for a coffee to check in. 

While I didn’t take him on the job he was hiring for, I did love the exercise. It was a perfect way for us to catch up and I've kept him top of mind ever since.

Check out Sequoia's post on How to 3X Your Referral Rate Using The Memory Palace. Or copy this template to get started yourself. 

💬 Quote + Application

The shortcut to make things happen… is to make other things NOT happen. 

We can do anything, but not everything. Pick wisely. 

Much Love,
Mitchell