The Myth of Average
There's no such thing as an average leader. Or employee. Neutral impact is a myth. One is either a multiplier in the…
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Great Sales People are Built not Born
Over the last 4 years I’ve been part of promoting 24+ folks from the sales (business) development rep (SDR/BDR) role.…
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The Stupidest (Successful) Path to A Profitable Side Hustle
Would you like to build a business with your friend to $120,000+ in revenue while keeping your full time job?…
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On The Path To Achieving Mastery
Achieving mastery requires some uncommon things. That’s obvious enough, if it were simple and common, there would be many more…
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11 Game-Changing Mental Models from Finance
There’s no doubt that mental models are powerful. Whether rules-of-thumb, more elaborate heuristics, or complete scaffolds on which to hang…
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What do you do after work?
A few days ago, one of the most junior people on my team: a bad-ass, intelligent, driven woman asked the…
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Jerry Seinfeld's Fake Visual Hack for Habits Actually Works
You're only reading this because this habit has helped me and I think its worth you trying it. It's a simple…
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Thoughts on Being Effective
I recently read Peter Drucker’s The Effective Executive. Like so many others before me the book had a large impact.…
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Tips, Hacks, Skills, & Resources
Hacks for learning, fitness, and personal/professional development. Collections of the best resources and tips I've found on any subject including those I built for the CFA exams. My reading list. Personal anecdotes and philosophy.
"Our life is what our thoughts make it" -Marcus Aurelius
Victor Sowers
I'm a curious thinker with broad interests spanning startups and company building (including managing), philosophy and self-improvement, and investing and finance. I built this site because I am constantly writing about all of these varied things that are on my mind. Practically speaking, I am a co-founder of GoStudy, an ed-tech company, and run revenue operations & lead gen at CB Insights, one of the world's fastest growing data SaaS companies.