Paintbrush and a Dream

Brad Ellison & Skylar Stewart

00:00 Intro - Origin from Lehman to Ritz to 2008 crash. 5:20 Why Aleph 10:34 High End Residential 10:46 Amplify vs Restraining Unique Abilities 12:12 Multiple Locations 12:55 Young Marc 15:13 What is the Universe 17:38 Math Conspiracy 18:48 Comfort Zone Pros & Cons 20:47 Fear of Death & Post Death Thoughts 22:16 Religious Structures 23:40 What is Suffering 25:41 What is Happiness 26:40 How can living a happy life lead to sadness 27:00 Trolley Problem - What’s Your Number 29:32 Why America is the Best Country in the World 31:20 Closing Thoughts

00:00 Intro 3:29 What is Marketing and how to do it well 6:16 Economies of Scale in Marketing (myth) 10:55 Will painting every professionalize. 15:32 Paris Painting’s Marketing Strats 26:01 Balancing Justice & Mercy 32:11 Equity vs Equality 36:23 What religion is the correct religion 38:30 Can democracy work in every culture 41:55 Why do we dream. 42:40 Analysis of Paris Painting Logo 44:45 Outro

00:00 Pre-Intro 01:05 Intro 02:39 Troll Physics / Moon Landing 13:55 Throwing baby out with bathwater thoughts 15:00 Equality vs Equity 19:54 Individual rights vs National interests 24:12 Movie Discussion ‘The Square’ 33:42 Suppressing Traumas 36:47 The Grand Hilbert Hotel 39:40 Ship of Theseus 43:25 Zeno’s Paradox 47:11 Sisphyus 49:58 - 50:58 52:40 Human Qualities to Enhance vs Dehance 59:36 Job Costing vs Having Fun 01:01:09 Why High End Painting is Bad for Humanity 01:12:38 Workout Routines 01:15:00 Universal Basic Income 01:17:49 Value in Fashion 01:18:53 Outro 01:20:04 Bonus Content

In this episode Adam and I discuss: Worst paint spills 3:30 Aleph Rocket Fuel 6:01 High Quality at different scales 6:34 Zeno’s Paradox 9:34 Sorites Paradox 11:02 Abraham Tested 13:44 Ship of Theseus Double Trouble 15:28 Do pets go to heaven 16:22 The Problem of Evil 17:06 Training Sales Reps 17:55 Having Hobbies & Balance 19:16 - Objectives vs Goals 24:00 Practical Non-Negotiables 25:16 Outro

In this episode Austin and I discuss: 00:00 - Intro 00:27 Sponsor Promo??? 00:47 Background Context 03:55 The Core Four 05:09 Structures of prioritization 07:12 Meditation & Mental Training 10:01 Prioritizing life over business 12:04 Battling Perfectionism 12:33 Specialist vs Generalist 13:02 Painters are the worst 13:22 Outro 13:48 Bonus content - more context

In this episode Morgan and I discuss: 00:00 - Intro & Origin Story 04:41 - Investing in real estate & the trades 08:20 - Gambling vs investing 10:53 - Sponsor Promo??? 11:51 - zweckrational vs wertrational 13:31 - Trolley Problems 20:40 - What is the purpose of human life 21:54 - Thoughts in Intellectual Property 26:09 - Purpose of this Podcast 26:33 - What happens after we die & freewill 28:54 - Outro 29:01 - Bonus content - Ship of Theseus, If a tree falls, what do we do about global warming.

Nick and I discuss: 00:00 Intro 00:58 Nick’s Professionalization Sheet 02:00 Why being an example of professionalism is important 02:28 How we rise or fall to the expectations 02:55 Chaos of un-intentionality 03:34 Changes in the industry led by the PCA 04:07 Preparation + Opportunity = Luck 05:26 The many hats of a sole-prop 06:29 Outro

In this episode Shane and I discuss: ◉ Business origin story ◉ Process of buying out a brother ◉ The Trolley Problem (TTP) ◉ TTP - Asymmetric Uncertainty ◉ TTP - The Fat Man ◉ TTP - The Reverse Asymmetric Stakes ◉ When to use Flat vs Satin paint ◉ The Chinese Box ◉ Do we have a sense of being outside our actions ◉ Commercial vs residential pros and cons ◉ If a tree falls in the forest - thought experiment ◉ Overhead challenges to scaling to $8M+ ◉ Why do bad things happen to good people ◉ Is love dependent on free will ◉ Does survival necessitate conflict in capitalism

Christian Militello and I discuss: ◉ Christian’s Origin Story ◉ 2001 pop culture history ◉ Secrets to 22 years of business longevity ◉ Baseball metaphors for life ◉ Dangers and societal issues of Skateboarding ◉ Jason’s Favorite movies ◉ Christian being the ‘first’ Aleph Partner ◉ Co-running a business with a spouse ◉ Promoting Marital Sex ◉ Sex Vs Gender - Changing boundaries ◉ Universal Basic Income - The value of the human touch ◉ The war in Ukraine ◉ Christian as the PCA N&R committee Chair ◉ Structural discipline vs reactive discipline

The Pilot Episode. Bradley Ellison and I discuss: ◉ What requires more discipline - Building a $5M painting business or running 100 miles. ◉ Challenges Brad will face trying to scale quickly ○ Technology progressing to utopia vs dystopia - Manna - Two View of Humanity's Future ◉ Business structures at different revenue stages ○ A philosophical discussion around the extreme benefit of the many requiring an extreme suffering of the few - The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas ○ Why Brad cannot separate intellectual concepts from the posture of the messenger ○ What outcomes are the highest use of humanities labors ◉ What percent should you take for a painting deposit ○ The role of chance in our lives on a micro and macro level - The Lottery in Babylon ◉ Challenges of growing to different revenue tiers ○ Sex vs Gender

One of my most favorite people I've had the opportunity to talk with. Andrew believes in 'deliberate, consistent execution of the plan' and talks about how he went from a career path of becoming an air force pilot to choosing the painting industry to start a business in.

Brad discusses how he escaped his comfort trap to begin realizing his potential.

Josh Abramson and I discuss: ◉ Allbright Name Origin ◉ Secrets to Start up Success ◉ Understanding Identity and Values ◉ One Word Exercise ◉ What it means to be a leader ◉ Unifying Culture in a large organization ◉ How to find your inner calling ◉ Josh’s training for a half-marathon ◉ How to write a Primary Aim ◉ Lessons learned from discipline of physical training ◉ Books on the Beach Series ◉ Origins of humility ◉ Joys of being a father ◉ BIG ANNOUNCEMENT ◉ Work-shopping Josh’s family values ◉ Josh’s heritage and the symbolism of the Shabbat ◉ Ship of Theseus ◉ Benefits of reading books in quick succession ◉ Achieving vs Being

Seth Peek discusses how his family cohort guided him to running his painting business as a business, how his wife holds him accountable, and why martyrdom isn't the way to go.

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