Graham Weaver

And then there's a whole lot of things you back up from sleeping well. So I don't drink alcohol. I don't drink caffeine. I don't take sleeping pills. I have a nighttime routine. I try not to schedule stuff early in the morning that's going to stress me out. I think that is so underrated. How you feel physically matters a ton.

And then there's a whole lot of things you back up from sleeping well. So I don't drink alcohol. I don't drink caffeine. I don't take sleeping pills. I have a nighttime routine. I try not to schedule stuff early in the morning that's going to stress me out. I think that is so underrated. How you feel physically matters a ton.

If I go back to our Teal versus Schwarzenegger analogy, my experience with the Schwarzeneggers of the world is that the structure of their days matters a tremendous amount, typically a lot more than the Teals. Maybe could you give us like a day in the life? Let's say a normal day of work or something, a Tuesday. In some detail, what does a day in the life look like?

If I go back to our Teal versus Schwarzenegger analogy, my experience with the Schwarzeneggers of the world is that the structure of their days matters a tremendous amount, typically a lot more than the Teals. Maybe could you give us like a day in the life? Let's say a normal day of work or something, a Tuesday. In some detail, what does a day in the life look like?

A normal day, I'm waking up with no alarm, hopefully sleep in eight hours. So maybe I go to bed at 10 or 9.30, getting up at 5.30 or 6. I'm having a somewhat relaxed morning that's going to include at least 15 minutes of meditating and then a workout. And I try to work out really hard. I try to... Shocked. Yeah.

A normal day, I'm waking up with no alarm, hopefully sleep in eight hours. So maybe I go to bed at 10 or 9.30, getting up at 5.30 or 6. I'm having a somewhat relaxed morning that's going to include at least 15 minutes of meditating and then a workout. And I try to work out really hard. I try to... Shocked. Yeah.

I try to ease into my workout enough and warm up that at some point in that workout, no matter what it is, I'm going... hard for at least something. Cause it just, I don't know, it has some kind of impact on me that I enjoy. And then if I'm successful, I have my day start a little later, like nine or 10 so that I have a little time in the morning to just kind of gather myself and get organized.

I try to ease into my workout enough and warm up that at some point in that workout, no matter what it is, I'm going... hard for at least something. Cause it just, I don't know, it has some kind of impact on me that I enjoy. And then if I'm successful, I have my day start a little later, like nine or 10 so that I have a little time in the morning to just kind of gather myself and get organized.

And then like, I have this habit I've done since I was 12. I write out what are the three most important things you're doing this year? And what are the three things you're doing today to move toward those things? I write that list every day, weekends, probably not weekends. Yeah.

And then like, I have this habit I've done since I was 12. I write out what are the three most important things you're doing this year? And what are the three things you're doing today to move toward those things? I write that list every day, weekends, probably not weekends. Yeah.

Weekdays.

Weekdays.

I have it all on one note. And then I try to just compare my schedule to that. I look at the things I have on my calendar. Hopefully I'm prepared for those things. And then I try to just be present throughout the day.

I have it all on one note. And then I try to just compare my schedule to that. I look at the things I have on my calendar. Hopefully I'm prepared for those things. And then I try to just be present throughout the day.

And in that day, if I think about the archetypes, a second like pairing of archetypes for people running investment firms, you have a category of investor focused people and more like what I would call CEO running a business that happens to do investing as its thing versus people that are like doing the deals. So like very famously, like Schwarzman or the KKR founders.

And in that day, if I think about the archetypes, a second like pairing of archetypes for people running investment firms, you have a category of investor focused people and more like what I would call CEO running a business that happens to do investing as its thing versus people that are like doing the deals. So like very famously, like Schwarzman or the KKR founders.

They were kind of CEOs from day one. They didn't really like deal people. They were, of course, involved. It was more about building the machine than executing the individual deals. And I know you've done both. But if you think about the day in the life today, like if I looked at your meetings. Yeah, my calendar.

They were kind of CEOs from day one. They didn't really like deal people. They were, of course, involved. It was more about building the machine than executing the individual deals. And I know you've done both. But if you think about the day in the life today, like if I looked at your meetings. Yeah, my calendar.

How does it break down between, wow, we're making this huge equity investment, like talking about the company versus talking about Alpine?

How does it break down between, wow, we're making this huge equity investment, like talking about the company versus talking about Alpine?