TEDFAV: Don’t believe everything you think
Very much aligned with what I have been thinking about.
9 Everyday words that F*ck up your life.
For many people these days, life seems F*cked. While your life may in fact be f*cked, I know without ever meeting you that your words are compounding the problem. How you TALK about life makes all the difference in how you EXPERIENCE life. Here’s some self-talk that blew through my brain recently: “I am stuck. … Continue reading 9 Everyday words that F*ck up your life.
The Thin Edge of Angel Investing
Thanks Zecca Lehn, for the fun conversation on your Posit2ive podcast! Listen to Episode here Medium Post EPISODE32: A Thin Edge in Angel Investing Tobias, Angel Investor from the Northwest [7/15/2021] Note: References with links are listed at the end of the show notes. INTRO: 1:00 Talks about his love for things that solve problems, … Continue reading The Thin Edge of Angel Investing
TEDFAV: Emotions are guesses
The brain is one big sense making, pattern recognition machine. We expect emotions to be different. That they “just come up” or are “real” or “just happen”. Yet the science tells us that emotions are just another case of the brain sensing certain things and matching those things to patterns I understands. Emotions are patterns … Continue reading TEDFAV: Emotions are guesses
TEDFAV: My stroke of insight
Jill Bolte Taylor is a neuroscientist who had a massive stroke. Her insight is amazing.
A Nerd in a Football School
In the Fall of 1980, I had it all figured out. I was a Junior at Medford Senior High School, the big leagues. My GPA was perfect and I was looking forward to my AP classes, science club, and the debate team. I grinned when I found my locker, #B69. Chad, the Varsity football captain grunted … Continue reading A Nerd in a Football School
Karma is real
I received a message on LinkedIn yesterday. It read: Martin! It has been like 23 years since we met in Silicon Valley. I so enjoyed our connection. You still in digital media? How have you been?” A couple clicks reminded me of our connection and the memory popped into my head of a couple of … Continue reading Karma is real
Reframing a guiding principle today.
“I hope you don’t get what you want in life, because then you are Fucked.” Martin Tobias For over 20 years, this phrase has been one of my guiding principles. Today I am softening it. Why soften it? I want my guiding principles to be in the positive frame, not the negative. While this has … Continue reading Reframing a guiding principle today.
Finding out about ROAM
Pretty much my experience so far. finding out about roam… from r/RoamResearch
My Angel Investment funnel
Over 8,000 companies received pre Series A funding in 2019. 2020 is on pace to surpass that. How does one separate the signal from the noise? Over 25 years of Angel Investing, I have made every mistake there is and built a process from all that learning. This is the process I use to select … Continue reading My Angel Investment funnel
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