magnolia - by Molly Mielke - Milky

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If I had to distill the work of investing down to one thing, I’d say it’s the craft of building and sustaining relationships. This is my favorite part personally, and something I enjoy studying quite carefully. Without a doubt, the relationships I’ve forged over the course of my relatively short career are the reason I’m here today. Lately, I’ve been reflecting and wondering… how did those relationships even happen? I don’t think you can speedrun closeness. Like many other naive and angsty teenagers, I used to think small talk was silly and intimacy could be expedited by simply asking deeper questions. I don’t believe this anymore. The most valuable relationships take time simply because trust takes time. Sure, you can feel superficially close to someone by asking and answering intense questions, but that isn’t a relationship — it’s just an experience. “Intimacy runoff” is what I call it when a (usually young) person craves closeness/feeling seen but isn’t looking for it in the right p

Magnolia (1999) by Paul Thomas Anderson, one of my favorite movies of all time (it’s a story-length study of the butterfly effect) If I had to distill the work of investing down to one thing, I’d say it’s the craft of building and sustaining relationships. This is my favorite part personally, and something I enjoy studying quite carefully. Without a doubt, the relationships I’ve forged over the course of my relatively short career are the reason I’m here today. Lately, I’ve been reflecting and wondering… how did those relationships even happen? I don’t think you can speedrun closeness.…

magnolia - by Molly Mielke - Milky

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