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Codie Sanchez crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally hundreds of times
“I mean, I saw, I've crossed, crossed the border hundreds of times illegally, documenting sort of what happens in conflict zones.”
Interacting with wealthy peers boosts low-income individuals' lifetime earnings by 30%
“If you are in this neighborhood, and even if your family is in that 50,000 dollars a year bucket, but you interact with some of those rich people, aka you have more Economic interconnectedness. This group of people has a 30% higher earnings over the course of …”
Women wearing makeup earn 15% more annually than equally attractive peers
“There was a fascinating study showing that women who wear makeup but have the same
attractiveness pull in a group of people. So everybody, so you were all sevens, let's say, but a seven who wears makeup versus a seven who doesn't wear makeup will earn 15% mo…”
Sanchez: Finance is the top category of individuals on the Forbes 100 list
“So the number one category of people on the Forbes, 100 list is some version of finance, whether that's buying and selling companies, whether that's being an active investor in equities, whether that's being in, in hedge funds, but that's the number one way.”
Sitting near low performers decreases employee productivity by 30%
“And there was another study that I thought was fascinating about underperformers and high performers. And the study basically showed it was hundreds of employees at many different companies, and it was about proximity. So the, if you sat next to a high perform…”
Silicon Valley prefers co-founders because founder capitulation is the top risk
“The research shows, by and large, the reason why Silicon Valley wants two founders is because the number one risk for investing in a company is that a founder gives up. Number one.”
Research shows happiness increases up to $500,000 in income, then plateaus
“It shows that happiness increases post 500 K in income or up to 500 K in income. After 500 K, there's sort of these plateaus, and it's not really materially different.”
Between 80% and 98% of Dwayne Johnson's Instagram posts are ads
“When you look at The Rock's Instagram, for instance,
Count for me next time, just for shits and giggles, how many of those pieces of content are an ad for, like, his energy drink, for his face cream, for his next movie, for his, you know, XFL, for WWE.
Almost …”
A small business needs 20 positive reviews to counteract one negative review
“The average small business needs 20 positive reviews to overshadow one negative review.”
Regulatory changes wiped out Codie Sanchez's multi-billion-dollar State Street fund overnight
“I ran a business where we sold money market funds to big pensions and sovereign wealth funds. And overnight my business was eviscerated. I mean, I'm talking about billions and billions of dollars in assets under management. It was at State Street, so it wasn't…”