Wealth Advisor @ Convergence Wealth. Prior work in PE, SMB, F500. I think & write about management, strategy, & culture. See pinned tweet for a list of threads.

Joined August 2010
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14 Apr 2021
1/ Compilation of threads on management, operations, culture, and strategy. Would love your ideas for future topics! 100 ideas on managing people: x.com/markbrooks/status/1341…

22 Dec 2020
1/ My first @threadapalooza. I've been managing people for 18 yrs and tweeting about it for 10. Here's 100 tweets on what I've learned and try to implement in my work @PermanentEquity :
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The market is the one thing people hate to buy on sale
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Simple explanations for complex ideas are a sign of intelligence and care. You understand and want that for others. Complex explanations for any idea are either a sign of intelligence or of self-preservation, but do not demonstrate care.
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23 Dec 2024
Replying to @markbrooks
4/ The intersection of your intellect and ego dramatically impact the way you communicate. High ego prioritizes image. Low ego prioritizes clarity. Choose the simplest words possible to convey your idea.
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Tonto probably called his oncologist Chemosabe.
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"I don't make the rules." - someone who is making the rules
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"Daddy, when did @MerriamWebster start using drone strikes?"
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Me: I’m going to watch the game My 10-yr-old: I’m going to make cupcakes. One of these came true.
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Normalize emails that fit in the subject line
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Key to passing the marshmallow test is believing there will actually be a second marshmallow. People who spend immediately are responding rationally to a system that has proven unreliable.
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Mark Brooks retweeted
Why Western Europe stagnates
Your organization can only move as quickly as truth moves through your organization.
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Speak friend and enter
Explorers have found a curious geological formation that looks like a giant doorway, located in the Dzungarian Alatau Mountains of Kazakhstan.
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