Dru's Notes

New York's sanitation workers broke a state law to strike in 1968, and with every driver out at once they won their raise. An anesthesiologist earns more than $350,000 while a nursing assistant earns about $42,000, and ASML keeps 29 cents of each dollar while Kroger keeps under 2. What becomes valuable as AI does more of our work? Featuring: John DeLury, Vincent J. Cannato Watch on YouTube Read the full post Brought to you by: Trends.vc: Discover new markets and opportunities. HeadsUp: Know when your competitors move. Before your customers do. Multi: Turn any content into a YouTube video. Chapters: (00:00) What becomes valuable as AI does more of our work (00:08) The 1968 New York garbage strike (00:46) The 2024 dockworkers strike (00:59) Nursing assistants and anesthesiologists (01:29) ASML and Kroger (01:49) Work many people want done and few can do Where to find Dru: I write an essay daily. Get them free Follow me on X Watch my video essays on YouTube Follow Dru's Notes on Apple Podcasts or Spotify Subscribe to Dru's Notes for a new episode every day. Click here to view the episode transcript.

TLC's CrazySexyCool sold over 10 million copies, and a year later all three women filed for bankruptcy. Alexey Pajitnov built Tetris and earned nothing from it for about 12 years. Featuring: Tionne Watkins, Lisa Lopes, Rozonda Thomas, Perri Reid, Alexey Pajitnov, Dan Ackerman, Warren Buffett Watch on YouTube Read the full post Brought to you by: Trends.vc: Discover new markets and opportunities. HeadsUp: Know when your competitors move. Before your customers do. Multi: Turn any content into a YouTube video. Chapters: (00:00) Warren Buffett's Leaking Boat (00:10) Position, Luck and Hard Work (00:17) TLC and CrazySexyCool (00:46) TLC's 1% and the Bankruptcy (01:17) Alexey Pajitnov and Tetris (01:53) Hard Work From a Weak Position Where to find Dru: I write an essay daily. Get them free Follow me on X Watch my video essays on YouTube Follow Dru's Notes on Apple Podcasts or Spotify Subscribe to Dru's Notes for a new episode every day. Click here to view the episode transcript.

My first rule is focus on what you control. Roughly 80% of my anxiety comes from losing sight of it. Hermann Ebbinghaus's forgetting curve shows why a rule you know still slips and why I reread mine each morning and most nights. Featuring: Hermann Ebbinghaus, Zig Ziglar Watch on YouTube Read the full post Brought to you by: Trends.vc: Discover new markets and opportunities. HeadsUp: Know when your competitors move. Before your customers do. Multi: Turn any content into a YouTube video. Chapters: (00:00) Motivation doesn't last (00:06) My first rule and my anxiety (00:20) Ebbinghaus and the forgetting curve (00:44) Rereading my rules each morning (00:56) A rule lasts about as long as a shower Where to find Dru: I write an essay daily. Get them free Follow me on X Watch my video essays on YouTube Follow Dru's Notes on Apple Podcasts or Spotify Subscribe to Dru's Notes for a new episode every day. Click here to view the episode transcript.

Antidepressant side effects start within days and the benefits take two to four weeks, so some patients stop before the drug ever works. The mathematician Tanya Khovanova kept wearing a sleep apnea mask that gave her headaches, and the author Debra Parmley quit sugar through a headache until carrots and strawberries tasted sweet again. Featuring: Alok Kanojia, Tanya Khovanova, Debra Parmley, Jean-Jacques Rousseau Watch on YouTube Read the full post Brought to you by: Trends.vc: Discover new markets and opportunities. HeadsUp: Know when your competitors move. Before your customers do. Multi: Turn any content into a YouTube video. Chapters: (00:00) Rousseau on patience (00:06) Dr. K on why antidepressants feel worse first (00:19) Tanya Khovanova's sleep apnea mask (00:43) Debra Parmley quits sugar (01:06) Why the start of anything good feels like a mistake Where to find Dru: I write an essay daily. Get them free Follow me on X Watch my video essays on YouTube Follow Dru's Notes on Apple Podcasts or Spotify Subscribe to Dru's Notes for a new episode every day. Click here to view the episode transcript.

Matt Affleck went all in with two aces at the 2010 World Series of Poker as a 77% favorite and lost on the last card. With FedEx down to $5,000, Fred Smith played blackjack in Las Vegas against odds that favor the casino and won $27,000. Annie Duke calls judging a decision by how it turned out "resulting." Featuring: Matt Affleck, Fred Smith, Annie Duke, Zhuge Liang Watch on YouTube Read the full post Brought to you by: Trends.vc: Discover new markets and opportunities. HeadsUp: Know when your competitors move. Before your customers do. Multi: Turn any content into a YouTube video. Chapters: (00:00) Zhuge Liang on planning and Heaven (00:06) Companies that lose money to win a market (00:14) Matt Affleck's aces at the 2010 World Series of Poker (00:39) Fred Smith's blackjack bet to keep FedEx alive (01:08) Annie Duke on resulting (01:24) Chess, poker and the odds of success Where to find Dru: I write an essay daily. Get them free Follow me on X Watch my video essays on YouTube Follow Dru's Notes on Apple Podcasts or Spotify Subscribe to Dru's Notes for a new episode every day. Click here to view the episode transcript.