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EJ Elena Shin

Obsidian Essay | Book] Reflection on life of principles & Book review: Stand Firm (2017) - Svend Briknmann

Obsidian Essay | Book] Reflection on life of principles & Book review: Stand Firm (2017) - Svend Briknmann

Stand Firm0:00/576.7608621× I. About the book Stand Firm was published in 2017, before the pandemic upended how we live and work. Reading it now, Brinkmann's argument feels almost prophetic. He identified the unsustainability of the relentless self-optimization rat race years before mass burnout, "the

Obsidian Essay] Why Consciousness: Coming Out of the Cave

Obsidian Essay] Why Consciousness: Coming Out of the Cave

A note on why this section finally exists — and why it took so long. I have been writing about consciousness for most of my life. Not here. In handwritten journals. In folders on my local hard drive that no one has seen. In notes taken across sixty countries I have

Obsidian Memo] The British Empire Playbook: A Military Strategist's Guide to Corporate Strategy in Finance

Obsidian Memo] The British Empire Playbook: A Military Strategist's Guide to Corporate Strategy in Finance

What Britain's empire-building strategy teaches modern business leaders — and why capitalism, like colonisation, is ultimately a power structure.

Leadership] How Elon Thinks #TeamElon

Leadership] How Elon Thinks #TeamElon

Leadership] The Extreme Ownership Playbook: What Marc Andreessen, Jamie Dimon, and the Navy SEALs/Delta Forces Agree On, ft. Mark Andreessen interview

Leadership] The Extreme Ownership Playbook: What Marc Andreessen, Jamie Dimon, and the Navy SEALs/Delta Forces Agree On, ft. Mark Andreessen interview

Marc Andreessen, Jamie Dimon, and Jocko Willink share one leadership philosophy. Here's what extreme ownership really means in finance — and why it works.

Leadership] What Rick Rieder Taught Me About Global FI Markets/Macro, ft. Hard Lessons interview: The Market Doesn't Care If You're Right

Leadership] What Rick Rieder Taught Me About Global FI Markets/Macro, ft. Hard Lessons interview: The Market Doesn't Care If You're Right

Key lessons from BlackRock's Rick Rieder on investment discipline, contrarian thinking, risk management, and why modern capitalism is failing to capture the true value of technology and innovation. Required reading for serious allocators.

Personal Finance | Obsidian Memo] Closing the Circle: The Family Legacy Conversation We Are Not Having Enough - Family Office Example

Personal Finance | Obsidian Memo] Closing the Circle: The Family Legacy Conversation We Are Not Having Enough - Family Office Example

Inheritance and family legacy don't have to carry darkness and dysfunction. A new framework for how families can pass forward wealth, values, and responsibility — with clarity, integrity, and light. Drawing on a conversation with Christina Wing, Harvard Business School professor.