In early med school, it felt like the walls were closing in.
New tech seemed to be destroying the ground from under my feet in real-time.
I enjoyed the topics we were studying, but didn't think they'd be enough to grant me autonomy.
I was trapped.
So I started learning.
I began studying economics, and philosophy, and physics, and psychology, and business.
This led me to Charlie Munger, Nassim Taleb, Jeff Bezos, Epictetus, Adam Smith, Naval Ravikant, Richard Feynman, and countless others.
Slowly, I started to see the world more clearly.
But I'm nowhere near finished. If I want true autonomy, I can never stop looking for new ideas.
Here, you'll find a distillation of what I learn.
Sep 2022: Offered a job at a software company based on good UCAT score.
Nov 2022: Accepted into medical school.
Dec 2022-Aug 2023: Wrote 200+ newsletter articles on ideas I was interested in at the time (nobody read them).
Oct 2023: Hired to write a handful of newsletters for Ali Abdaal.
Nov 2023-Feb 2024: Spent summer holidays frantically starting business side projects to regain optionality (none worked).
Mar 2024: Pitched a marketing idea to the software company I'd been working at. They gave me a shot.
Apr 2024: Completed trial project. 7-day trial showed 98% revenue increase.
Apr-Dec 2024: Worked with the same company to...
• Write newsletters
• Rewrite email series'
• Build website mockups with vanilla HTML/CSS
• Design landing pages in Figma
• Script, film and edit short-form video content
• Make/deliver presentations
Jan 2025: flew to Melbourne to mentor/present at conference for aspiring med students.
If you're a long-term, positive-sum player, let me know: