Ted Lamade
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First saved If You Get the Chance on September 24, 2026.
- NewRead Old Books 10 min
Lamade argues old books reveal lessons that stay true because people don't change, using Silicon Valley Bank's collapse and quotes from 1980s investors like Peter Lynch to show how the same mistakes repeat.
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- NewIf You Get the Chance 4 min
Lamade argues you should give small and unwanted chances your full effort, as Philip Seymour Hoffman did in auditions, William McRaven did with a parade float, and Tom Brady did with two practice reps.
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- NewOur Achilles Heel 3 min
Lamade argues our poor grasp of odds fuels needless stress, since 25,000 valedictorians compete for about 15,000 Ivy seats, yet ignoring the odds is fine when you love the pursuit itself.
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Lamade argues that significance, the quiet impact you have on people around you, matters more than success, drawing on a Cornell coach's speech and a gym teacher who built confidence in small kids for decades.
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- NewTake Something Away 8 min
Lamade argues we instinctively solve problems by adding things when subtracting often works better, from the pedal-less Strider bike and Chipotle's short menu to simpler investment portfolios.
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- NewThe Misfit Tree 5 min
Lamade argues the imperfect moments are the ones we remember, from his father's habit of buying the first flawed Christmas tree he sees, and asks what we lose by smoothing every flaw out of life.
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