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Chris Sparling

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Co-Founder of Tiny

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We just released our Q3 earnings: Financials: - $46M revenue - $7.3M Adjusted EBITDA - $4.9M of debt paid off, a 14% YTD reduction. - $9.8M recurring revenue *These numbers do not include the earnings of the companies that sit within our $150M USD private equity fund,…


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You are under no obligation to remain the same person you were a year ago, a month ago, or even a day ago. You are here to create yourself, continuously.

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You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to - Kevin Kelly


Don't measure your life with someone else's ruler - Kevin Kelly


Picture a neglected garden—left alone, it quickly turns into a tangle of weeds. In physics, that’s entropy: the natural drift from order to disorder without input. This applies to business too—without constant care, processes, teams, and customer relationships inevitably grow…


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Bertrand Russell, ten commandments for the freethinker

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Last week I sold The Ludwig — our boutique building in downtown St. Louis. We owned it for almost 8 years. We had 14 residential units + 9 commercial spaces. We did a boutique hotel in the 14 residential spaces. So many memories here: - our office was there - @jon and I both…

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Ever noticed rewards can make tasks less enjoyable? A study by Lepper, Greene, & Nisbett (1973) found that kids who loved drawing lost interest after being given stars as rewards. Without the stars, they’d still be drawing happily! This is known as the overjustification effect.


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Never Enough by Andrew Wilkinson is a must read for anyone who is on a search for Wealth, Wisdom and Enlightenment. A small part of the story was told by Chris @_Sparling_ at VALUExBRK youtu.be/7UCGFnP_tUo?si…

I wrote a book. It's called Never Enough, and it comes out in 21 days. When I started, I thought I was going to write a business book. You know the type: Here's the cheat codes I used to build an incredible business. Do well by doing good. Start small, think big. Cash is…



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Chris and I did a fun AMA a few weeks ago. Video here. youtube.com/watch?v=GluD7J…


“The iron rule of nature is: You get what you reward for. If you want ants to come, you put sugar on the floor.” - Charlie Munger


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Such an incredible and important podcast.

My conversation with @AbigailShrier about her book Bad Therapy. (A book that Elon Musk said everyone should read.) Over the last decade, therapy has become the default solution to nearly every problem for adults and kids. What if sticking people into therapy who don't have a…



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The Berkshire Hathaway weekend is coming up in less than 7 days. Charlie Munger used to call it a celebration. Of course it is. But it’s also so much more. I’ve been making the pilgrimage to Omaha for more than 25 years and I can’t think of a more auspicious opportunity to learn…


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I’m a big fan of caffeine from Yerba Mate (not the smoked varieties however)… so much so that I helped develop a zero sugar cold brew Yerba Mate w/ @yerbamateina (& am now a partial owner). As of today in @ErewhonMarket & from drinkmateina.com


I keep outsmarting myself by spending more time debating email replies with ChatGPT than just sending one myself.


There is nothing wrong with asking. And there is nothing wrong with saying no.


Any year that you don't destroy one of your best loved ideas is probably a wasted year. - Charlie Munger


Finding happiness shouldn’t be hard. The challenge? Trying to surpass others in joy. Montesquieu’s wisdom: We misjudge the happiness in others, making ours harder to find.


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I have been drinking Yerba Mate for 45 years, so I’m delighted to be a partial owner of @yerbamateina and to have developed a zero sugar cold brew canned version; current consumption: 3 per morning. (Non-smoked) yerba mate is the healthiest and best source of caffeine for energy.

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Some Peter Kaufman wisdom:

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